I was able to solve my problem with this if anyone is interested
import pytz
{{current_time =
datetime.datetime.now(pytz.timezone('America/Vancouver')).replace(tzinfo=None)}}
*cheers
On Thu, Jan 17, 2013 at 8:25 AM, Andrew Evans <myweb2pyni...@gmail.com>wrote:
> Hello web2py group! I am trying to find a way to get the local time say
> PST or EST so I can display a video based on that time.
>
> Any suggestions? I was able to convert it to UTC but this doesn't really
> help the situation
>
>
> {{project_date = db(db.schedule).select(orderby=~db.schedule.date_in,
> limitby=(0,1))}}
> {{for project in project_date:}}
> {{start = project.date_in}}
> {{end = project.date_out}}
> {{dt_utc = datetime.datetime.utcnow()}}
> {{current_time = dt_utc - datetime.timedelta(seconds=time.altzone)}}
> {{if current_time >= start and current_time <= end:}}
>
>
> *cheers
>
> and thank you
>
>
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