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Python Time Tzset() Method

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Description

Python time process tzset() reorganizes the time exchange rules utilized by the library practices. The environment uneven TZ specifies how this is ended. The typical format of the TZ situation variable is (whitespace added for clarity) −

std offset [dst [offset [,start[/time], end[/time]]]]
  • std and dst − Three or more alphanumerics giving the timezone abbreviations. These will be propagated into time.tzname.
  • offset − The offset has the form − .hh[:mm[:ss]]. This indicates the value-added the local time to arrive at UTC. If preceded by a '-', the timezone is east of the Prime Meridian; otherwise, it is west. If no offset follows dst, summertime is assumed to be one hour ahead of standard time.
  • start[/time], end[/time] − Indicates when to change to and back from DST. The format of the start and end dates are one of the following −
  • Jn − The Julian day n (1 <= n <= 365). Leap days are not counted, so in all years February 28 is day 59 and March 1 is day 60.
  • n − The zero-based Julian day (0 <= n <= 365). Leap days are counted, and it is possible to refer to February 29.
  • Mm.n.d − The d'th day (0 <= d <= 6) or week n of month m of the year (1 <= n <= 5, 1 <= m <= 12, where week 5 means 'the last d day in month m' which may occur in either the fourth or the fifth week). Week 1 is the first week in which the d'th day occurs. Day zero is Sunday.
  • time − This has the same format as offset except that no leading sign ('-' or '+') is allowed. The default, if time is not given, is 02:00:00.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for tzset() method:

Parameters

  • NA

Return Value

This method does not return any value.

Example

The following example shows the usage of tzset() method.

#!/usr/bin/python
import time
import os

os.environ['TZ'] = 'EST+05EDT,M4.1.0,M10.5.0'
time.tzset()
print time.strftime('%X %x %Z')

os.environ['TZ'] = 'AEST-10AEDT-11,M10.5.0,M3.5.0'
time.tzset()
print time.strftime('%X %x %Z')

When we run the above program, it produces the following result:

13:00:40 02/17/09 EST
05:00:40 02/18/09 AEDT

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