.. seealso::
`pytz <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz/>`_
- The standard library has no :class:`tzinfo` instances except for UTC, but
- there exists a third-party library which brings the *IANA timezone
- database* (also known as the Olson database) to Python: *pytz*.
+ The standard library has :class:`timezone` class for handling arbitrary
+ fixed offsets from UTC and :attr:`timezone.utc` as UTC timezone instance.
- *pytz* contains up-to-date information and its usage is recommended.
+ *pytz* library brings the *IANA timezone database* (also known as the
+ Olson database) to Python and its usage is recommended.
`IANA timezone database <http://www.iana.org/time-zones>`_
The Time Zone Database (often called tz or zoneinfo) contains code and
*offset*, HH and MM are two digits of ``offset.hours`` and
``offset.minutes`` respectively.
+ .. versionadded:: 3.2
+
.. method:: timezone.utcoffset(dt)
Return the fixed value specified when the :class:`timezone` instance is