pacific_tzinfo.py

# pulled from:
# http://code.google.com/appengine/docs/python/datastore/typesandpropertyclasses.html

import datetime

class Pacific_tzinfo(datetime.tzinfo):
    """Implementation of the Pacific timezone."""
    def utcoffset(self, dt):
        return datetime.timedelta(hours=-8) + self.dst(dt)

    def _FirstSunday(self, dt):
        """First Sunday on or after dt."""
        return dt + datetime.timedelta(days=(6-dt.weekday()))

    def dst(self, dt):
        # 2 am on the second Sunday in March
        dst_start = self._FirstSunday(datetime.datetime(dt.year, 3, 8, 2))
        # 1 am on the first Sunday in November
        dst_end = self._FirstSunday(datetime.datetime(dt.year, 11, 1, 1))

        if dst_start <= dt.replace(tzinfo=None) < dst_end:
            return datetime.timedelta(hours=1)
        else:
            return datetime.timedelta(hours=0)
        
    def tzname(self, dt):
        if self.dst(dt) == datetime.timedelta(hours=0):
            return "PST"
        else:
            return "PDT"

Pacific = Pacific_tzinfo()