jsaul wrote: >>>>time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z", time.localtime()) >>> > 'Mon, 10 Mar 2003 10:26:51 +0000' > > It should be '+0100' because this is CET time zone: > >>>>time.strftime("%Z",time.localtime()) >>> > 'CET' Same on my system. But 'date +%z' works fine, so it doesn't seem to be a library issue but a python bug. cg.