Is a specific timezone using DST right now

Question

How would I get my python script to check whether or not a specific timezone that is stored in a variable using DST right now? My server is set to UTC. For example, I have an instance:

zonename = Pacific/Wallis

I want to run the query about if it is using DST right now and have the reply come back as either true of false.

How do I do this?

Answer 1

You can try the following;

from pytz import timezone
from datetime import datetime

zonename = "Pacific/Wallis"
now = datetime.now(tz=timezone(zonename))
dst_timedelta = now.dst()
### dst_timedelta is offset to the winter time, 
### thus timedelta(0) for winter time and timedelta(0, 3600) for DST; 
### it returns None if timezone is not set

print "DST" if dst_timedelta else "no DST"

an alternative is to use:

now.timetuple().tm_isdst