time.timezone gives strange results on cygwin

[Jason Tishler]

Andy,

On Mon, Sep 24, 2001 at 03:16:27AM +0000, Andy Todd wrote:
> time.timezone is returning an incorrect value on cygwin python.
> 
> [snip]
>
> But from cygwin on the same machine;
> 
> $ python
> Python 2.1.1 (#2, Aug 23 2001, 10:41:44)
> [GCC 2.95.3-5 (cygwin special)] on cygwin
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> import time
> >>> print time.tzname
> ('AUSEST', 'AUSEDT')
> >>> print time.timezone
> 1834228892
> >>>
> 
> Any suggestions?

See the following:

    http://sourceforge.net/tracker/index.php?func=detail&aid=459385&group_id=5470&atid=305470

Jason