Setting timezone in Python
python, timezone
Solution
>>> import os, time
>>> time.strftime('%X %x %Z')
'12:45:20 08/19/09 CDT'
>>> os.environ['TZ'] = 'Europe/London'
>>> time.tzset()
>>> time.strftime('%X %x %Z')
'18:45:39 08/19/09 BST'
To get the specific values you've listed:
>>> year = time.strftime('%Y')
>>> month = time.strftime('%m')
>>> day = time.strftime('%d')
>>> hour = time.strftime('%H')
>>> minute = time.strftime('%M')
See here for a complete list of directives. Keep in mind that the strftime() function will always return a string, not an integer or other type.
Problem
Is it possible with Python to set the timezone just like this in PHP: ``` date_default_timezone_set("Europe/London"); $Year = date('y'); $Month = date('m'); $Day = date('d'); $Hour = date('H'); $Minute = date('i'); ``` I can't really install any other modules etc as I'm using shared web hosting. Any ideas?