On Tue, 02 Apr 2013 17:04:12 -0700, CM wrote: > To summarize the issue: In an application, I have been using Python's > datetime module to get the current time. But it seems that, at least > with Windows (XP), whatever time zone your computer is set to when you > start the application, that's what datetime will use--the time zone will > *not* be updated in the application when you update it manually with > Windows. So, if you change the time zone (say, after traveling with > your laptop), all datetimes will be incorrect as compared to your system > clock.
I am not the maintainer of the datetime module, but based purely on what you have said, I would consider that a bug. I suggest you report it as an issue on the Python bug tracker. -- Steven -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list