Get Timezone from City in Python/Django

Question

Using pytz, I am able to get a list of timezones like so:

>>> from pytz import country_timezones
>>> print(\' \'.join(country_         


        

Answer 1

@robertklep's approach probably works.

But here's another possible approach using astral - https://pypi.python.org/pypi/astral/0.5

>>> import datetime
>>> from astral import Astral

>>> city_name = 'London'  # assuming we retrieve this from user input

>>> a = Astral()
>>> a.solar_depression = 'civil'

>>> city = a[city_name]   # creates the city object given the city name above

>>> print('Information for %s/%s\n' % (city_name, city.country))
Information for London/England

>>> timezone = city.timezone
>>> print('Timezone: %s' % timezone)
Timezone: Europe/London