src/cm/utils/timezone.py
author gibus
Wed, 11 Sep 2013 23:13:01 +0200
changeset 532 0bad3613f59d
parent 275 5339e9e0e186
permissions -rw-r--r--
Reverse to YUI 3.0.0 since with YUI.3.10.3, comment content including words 'paragraph' or 'section' do not show up on Firefox, this is weird and has to be investigated.

from datetime import timedelta
from pytz import timezone, utc, UnknownTimeZoneError
from django.conf import settings

local_tz = timezone(settings.TIME_ZONE)

def request_tz_convert(date, request):
    return tz_convert(date, request.session.get('tz',None))

def tz_convert(date, tz):
    """
    Convert date to time zone
    tz can be;
        - '-2' (relative to utc)
        - 'Paris/Europe' real timezone like (cf pytz)
    """
    if tz:
        system_local_date = local_tz.localize(date)
        try:
             # simple utc delta?
            utc_offset = int(tz)
            utc_time = system_local_date.astimezone(utc)
            res = utc.normalize(utc_time + timedelta(hours=utc_offset))
            return res
        except:
            try:
                # real timezone
                timez = timezone(tz)
                local_date = system_local_date.astimezone(timez)
                return local_date
            except UnknownTimeZoneError:
                # fall back to date
                return date
                        
    else:
        return date