svv/utils.py
author Tero Marttila <terom@fixme.fi>
Thu, 20 Jan 2011 23:14:07 +0200
changeset 58 4f4150296cd3
permissions -rw-r--r--
controllers: tidy up PageHandler a little
"""
    Miscellanous bucket of everything
"""

import datetime
import time

class LocalTimezone (datetime.tzinfo) :
    """
        Our platform's (the 'time' module) idea of our local timezone.
    """

    ZERO = datetime.timedelta(0)

    STDOFFSET = datetime.timedelta(seconds = -time.timezone)

    if time.daylight:
        DSTOFFSET = datetime.timedelta(seconds = -time.altzone)
    else:
        DSTOFFSET = STDOFFSET

    DSTDIFF = DSTOFFSET - STDOFFSET

    def _isdst (self, dt) :
        # time tuple in local time
        tt = (dt.year, dt.month, dt.day,
              dt.hour, dt.minute, dt.second,
              dt.weekday(), 0, -1)
        
        # to UTC timestamp
        stamp = time.mktime(tt)
        
        # roundtrip..
        tt = time.localtime(stamp)
        
        # to figure out DST flag
        return tt.tm_isdst > 0

    def utcoffset (self, dt) :
        if self._isdst(dt) :
            return self.DSTOFFSET
        else:
            return self.STDOFFSET

    def dst (self, dt) :
        if self._isdst(dt) :
            return self.DSTDIFF
        else:
            return self.ZERO

    def tzname (self, dt) :
        # varies by DST
        return time.tzname[self._isdst(dt)]