Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!nntp-feed.chiark.greenend.org.uk!ewrotcd!news.nosignal.org!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.009 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.98; '*S*': 0.00; 'configure': 0.04; 'locale': 0.07; 'received:mail-vb0-f46.google.com': 0.09; 'sep': 0.09; 'span': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.10; 'properly': 0.15; 'sat,': 0.15; 'subject:issue': 0.16; 'wrote:': 0.17; 'pointed': 0.17; 'received:209.85.212.46': 0.18; 'variable': 0.20; 'otherwise,': 0.20; 'of.': 0.22; 'cheers,': 0.23; 'cc:2**0': 0.23; '15,': 0.23; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.25; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.25; 'setting': 0.26; 'values': 0.26; 'am,': 0.27; 'message-id:@mail.gmail.com': 0.27; 'correct': 0.28; 'received:209.85.212': 0.28; 'chris': 0.28; 'received:google.com': 0.34; 'jason': 0.35; 'skip:l 30': 0.35; 'too.': 0.35; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'enough': 0.36; 'received:209': 0.37; 'subject:: ': 0.38; 'some': 0.38; 'several': 0.39; 'where': 0.40; 'header:Received:5': 0.40; 'matter': 0.61; 'save': 0.61; 'wide': 0.62; 'hours': 0.66; '8bit%:100': 0.70; 'communities,': 0.84; 'greek': 0.84; 'sender:addr:chris': 0.84 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=rebertia.com; s=google; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=mYP1PTa1y5t3iGncI+oYSJohTf8I7KDWGSU9x/pcl4g=; b=d3ACX6EsU4mppbq56JxMOfzT/bMU1jnbrpQFXMW0W0265PFnDyFVsmVZH0TXJruxkG RGbtyx76HKvpPvovA4+qMvK2IHeQcenxQcIU97bvKpPgnG3pWTDCF3Xi2Eyw8IQ5z+iE KXxIYbMpS0byVtmmIKJ6xSX/Jk4ZnmdJBPDEY= X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding:x-gm-message-state; bh=mYP1PTa1y5t3iGncI+oYSJohTf8I7KDWGSU9x/pcl4g=; b=VJoYJLtmCn0F154m3aZLhRljhA6GW56sUBAvlTFz658fL7suGznwBGIN1MRBy5Ub6D N/j+6qn8k0N1/RCkAVT8HfVt0sx+EWZf67/saKCAyRvyozEckPvhQCTvTSuE/dV0ZgK9 NeoG39wASLp5gZEW8kfWAl/0F54SIxmXjLW79dP858Nl8+n5oSynGJe200C9wFQP93Sb iwU/N1kQlucGm5hWSajGaftORTumZnBIF6T0uMU6VDoIyZVGeP18cKWGyLHxJgkahC// tAdwnkxPtoWZGlD7lniuh0N7LHudaFKAPTHzDdod9LGPNPJZIkrYnB1Y7UlstEahe/cN acEw== MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: chris@rebertia.com In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 12:05:23 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: wtVKeygP-Nu7xo4uaAd4fABgLJ4 Subject: Re: datetime issue From: Chris Rebert To: =?UTF-8?B?zp3Ouc66z4zOu86xzr/PgiDOms6/z43Pgc6xz4I=?= Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable X-Gm-Message-State: ALoCoQnNY7DEQoHXPJQCv/4k9LKbbyCPIPqfDbCVoU9qAE7HdPcrGmnt449K4UdHJyZfg/ezDXC7 Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 28 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1347735926 news.xs4all.nl 6948 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:49206 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:29272 On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:33 AM, =CE=9D=CE=B9=CE=BA=CF=8C=CE=BB=CE=B1=CE= =BF=CF=82 =CE=9A=CE=BF=CF=8D=CF=81=CE=B1=CF=82 wrot= e: > Hello again, > > one small matter too. > > # get some enviromental values > locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'el_GR') > date =3D 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