[pywin32-bugs] [ pywin32-Bugs-1392316 ] win32timezone.GetLocalTimeZone cannot find timezone

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Bugs item #1392316, was opened at 2005-12-29 09:09
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Category: pythonwin
Group: None
>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Fixed
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Radek Svarz (allitaice)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: win32timezone.GetLocalTimeZone cannot find timezone

Initial Comment:
Realized on Python 2.4.2 pywin32 205 Winxp Pro Czech

GetLocalTimeZone( ) uses StandardName in this key:
SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\TimeZoneInformation

this StandardName in the registry is a text string of 
the local translated name of the local time zone (eg.
for the Czech Republic it is "Stredni Evropa (bezny cas)"

However keys used in TimeZoneInfo.__init__:

SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time Zones\*

are written in English (even on other than English Win
XP installations)

(eg. for the Czech Republic it is:
SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows NT\CurrentVersion\Time
Zones\Central Europe Standard Time)

Therefore you cannot perform the lookup like this on
non-English Winxp systems.

Unfortunately there is no item in TimeZoneInformation
key, that would state the English name of the time zone.

FYI the item Std in Time Zones\Central Europe Standard
Time states the same string as the item StandardName in
TimeZoneInformation.

You should perform lookup using that.

Radek

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>Comment By: Mark Hammond (mhammond)
Date: 2006-01-03 09:20

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Fixed in a patch from Jason:
Checking in win32timezone.py;
new revision: 1.5; previous revision: 1.4

Will be in the next pywin32 build.

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