from datetime import tzinfo, timedelta class TimezoneUTC(tzinfo): """UTC timezone""" ZERO = timedelta(0) def utcoffset(self, dt): return TimezoneUTC.ZERO def tzname(self, dt): return u"UTC" def dst(self, dt): return TimezoneUTC.ZERO def __repr__(self): return "" class Timezone(TimezoneUTC): """Fixed offset in hour from UTC.""" def __init__(self, offset): self._offset = timedelta(minutes=offset * 60) self._name = u"%+03u00" % offset def utcoffset(self, dt): return self._offset def tzname(self, dt): return self._name def __repr__(self): return "" % ( self._offset, self._name) UTC = TimezoneUTC() def createTimezone(offset): if offset: return Timezone(offset) else: return UTC