Get UTC offset from time zone name in python

Question

How can I get UTC offset from time zone name in python?

For example: I have Asia/Jerusalem and I want to get +0200

Answer 1

Have you tried using the pytz project and the utcoffset method?

e.g.

>>> import datetime
>>> import pytz
>>> pacific_now = datetime.datetime.now(pytz.timezone('US/Pacific'))
>>> pacific_now.utcoffset().total_seconds()/60/60
-7.0