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From: Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk>
Subject: Re: datetime question
Date: Fri, 08 Nov 2013 22:18:46 +0000
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On 08/11/2013 22:01, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
> Στις 8/11/2013 11:29 μμ, ο/η Mark Lawrence έγραψε:
>> On 08/11/2013 21:11, Νίκος Αλεξόπουλος wrote:
>>> Is there someway to write the following line even better with the
>>> ability to detect daylight saving time by itself so i don't have to
>>> alter the line manually when time changes?
>>>
>>> lastvisit = ( datetime.utcnow() + timedelta(hours=2) ).strftime(
>>> '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )        # MySQL datetime format
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> http://stackoverflow.com/questions/19774709/use-python-to-find-out-if-a-timezone-currently-in-daylight-savings-time
>>
>
> I saw the link and i'm wondering if it can be written in 1-liner.
> Don't get me wrong but i had the lastvisit calculated on 1 statement and
> i want to retain it this way.
>
> Is it possible?

Yes, but I'll leave you to work out how to do it, on the grounds that I 
have a very, very strong suspicion about the way this thread is going to go.

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Mark Lawrence