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