[Python-Dev] PEP 431 Time zone support improvements

Antoine Pitrou

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On Sat, 29 Dec 2012 16:00:39 +1000 Nick Coghlan <

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> wrote: >> > Discussion > > ========== > > > > Should the windows installer include the data package? > > ------------------------------------------------------ > > > > It has been suggested that the Windows installer should include the data > > package. This would mean that an explicit installation no longer would be > > needed on Windows. On the other hand, that would mean that many using > > Windows > > would not be aware that the database quickly becomes outdated and would not > > keep it updated. >> I'm still a fan of *always* shipping fallback tzdata, regardless of > platform. The stdlib would then look in three places for timezone data > when datetime.timezone was first imported: >> 1. the "tzdata-update" database > 2. the OS provided database > 3. the fallback database +1 ! Regards Antoine.
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