datetime issue

[Νικόλαος Κούρας]

Τη Σάββατο, 15 Σεπτεμβρίου 2012 10:05:49 μ.μ. UTC+3, ο χρήστης Chris Rebert έγραψε:
> On Sat, Sep 15, 2012 at 10:33 AM, Νικόλαος Κούρας <nikos.gr33k at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > Hello again,
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> > one small matter too.
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> > # get some enviromental values
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> > locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'el_GR')
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> <snip>
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> > date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime( '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S' )
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> > although iam setting greek as locale
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> Locales don't affect timezones. Otherwise, how would expatriate
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> communities, or countries wide enough to span several timezones,
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> properly configure their software?
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> > the time is 8 hours before, like in texas, us
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> Which is where HostGator operates out of.
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> > How can i change this to save the correct Greek time in variable $date ?
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> Use the `pytz` package that Jason pointed out.
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> Cheers,
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> Chris

I did read but wasnt able to set it to greek time.
Please tell me how should i write this.

date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime( '%y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S',gmt+2 )

didnt work out for me.