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On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello again,
>
> one small matter too.
>
> # get some enviromental values
> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'el_GR')
<snip>
> date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime( '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )
>
> although iam setting greek as locale

Locales don't affect timezones. Otherwise, how would expatriate
communities, or countries wide enough to span several timezones,
properly configure their software?

> the time is 8 hours before, like in texas, us

Which is where HostGator operates out of.

> How can i change this to save the correct Greek time in variable $date ?

Use the `pytz` package that Jason pointed out.

Cheers,
Chris

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datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-15 10:33 -0700
  Re: datetime issue Jason Friedman <jason@powerpull.net> - 2012-09-15 12:58 -0600
  Re: datetime issue Chris Rebert <clp2@rebertia.com> - 2012-09-15 12:05 -0700
    Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-15 12:26 -0700
      Re: datetime issue MRAB <python@mrabarnett.plus.com> - 2012-09-15 21:28 +0100
        Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-15 22:15 -0700
          Re: datetime issue Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-16 01:53 -0400
            Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 00:51 -0700
              Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 01:18 -0700
              Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 01:18 -0700
            Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 00:51 -0700
            Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 01:25 -0700
              Re: datetime issue Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-16 09:53 +0000
                Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 03:15 -0700
                Re: datetime issue Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-16 10:49 +0000
                Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 03:54 -0700
                Re: datetime issue Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2012-09-16 11:34 +0000
                Re: datetime issue Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 04:56 -0700
                Re: datetime issue Dave Angel <d@davea.name> - 2012-09-16 15:31 -0400
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                Re: datetime issue Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> - 2012-09-16 09:22 -0400
                Re: datetime issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-16 23:32 +1000
                Re: datetime issue Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> - 2012-09-17 00:10 +1000
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                Re: datetime issue Dennis Lee Bieber <wlfraed@ix.netcom.com> - 2012-09-16 15:35 -0400
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