Python time altzone() Method

Description

The method altzone() is the attribute of the time module. This returns the offset of the local DST timezone, in seconds west of UTC, if one is defined. This is negative if the local DST timezone is east of UTC (as in Western Europe, including the UK). Only use this if daylight is nonzero.

Syntax

Following is the syntax for altzone() method

time.altzone

Parameters

Return Value

This method returns the offset of the local DST timezone, in seconds west of UTC, if one is defined.

Example

The following example shows the usage of altzone() method.

#!/usr/bin/python
import time

print "time.altzone %d " % time.altzone

Let us compile and run the above program, this will produce the following result:

time.altzone() 25200

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