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Subject: pytz question: GMT vs. UTC
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According ato the pytz doc (http://pytz.sourceforge.net/):

"=E2=80=98UTC=E2=80=99 is Universal Time, also known as Greenwich Mean Time=
 or GMT in
the United Kingdom."

If they are equal, why don't timezone objects created from those two
strings compare equal?

>>> pytz.timezone("UTC") =3D=3D pytz.timezone("GMT")
False

(I'm revealing my complete ignorance of timezone manipulation by
asking this question.)

Thx,

Skip