src/cm/utils/timezone.py
author gibus
Tue, 12 Jun 2012 14:00:32 +0200
changeset 449 5387c032df35
parent 275 5339e9e0e186
permissions -rw-r--r--
In role_teacher model, individual students can see their own comments but also teacher's ones, whereas individual students' comments cannot be seen by students.

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