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Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2012 22:15:38 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: datetime issue
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> On 2012-09-15 20:26, =EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=
=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=
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=BD. UTC+3, =EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=
=BD=EF=BF=BD Chris Rebert =EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=
=BF=BD:
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> >> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:33 AM, =EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=
=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD =EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD=
=EF=BF=BD=EF=BF=BD <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> wrote:
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> >> > Hello again,
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> >> >
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> >> > one small matter too.
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> >>
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> >> > # get some enviromental values
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> >> > locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'el_GR')
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> >> <snip>
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> >> > date =3D datetime.datetime.now().strftime( '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )
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> >> >
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> >> > although iam setting greek as locale
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>  >>
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>  >> Locales don't affect timezones. Otherwise, how would expatriate
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>  >> communities, or countries wide enough to span several timezones,
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>  >> properly configure their software?
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>  >>
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>  >> > the time is 8 hours before, like in texas, us
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>  >>
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>  >> Which is where HostGator operates out of.
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>  >>
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>  >> > How can i change this to save the correct Greek time in variable=20
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> $date ?
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>  >>
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>  >> Use the `pytz` package that Jason pointed out.
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>  >>
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>  > I did read but wasnt able to set it to greek time.
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>  > Please tell me how should i write this.
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>  >
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>  > date =3D datetime.datetime.now().strftime( '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',gmt+2 )
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>  >
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>  > didnt work out for me.
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>  >
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> Does this help?
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> import datetime
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> # The time as UTC (GMT).
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> now_utc =3D datetime.datetime.utcnow()
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> print(now_utc.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
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> # The time as UTC+2.
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> now_local =3D now_utc + datetime.timedelta(hours=3D2)
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> print(now_local.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))

If i wanted to alter the following line, how would i write it?

date =3D datetime.datetime.now()+datetime.timedelta(hours=3D2).strftime( '%=
y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')

But that doesnt work,