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| author | Tomi Pieviläinen <hukka@tsume> | 2013-10-31 14:17:54 +0200 |
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| committer | Tomi Pieviläinen <hukka@tsume> | 2013-10-31 14:17:54 +0200 |
| commit | 4628efe7016fbc9fc1d670b490320d58f48e33c7 (patch) | |
| tree | 5bd0b365cde0b5bc9df9cc3b0787704e1e0cdd82 /README | |
| parent | 11a2deb52fda4fa8c42030093a693124b52091ae (diff) | |
| download | dateutil-4628efe7016fbc9fc1d670b490320d58f48e33c7.tar.gz | |
More information about updating the zoneinfo database.
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@@ -80,7 +80,9 @@ The following files are available. * attachment:python-dateutil-1.0-1.noarch.rpm == Author == -The dateutil module was written by GustavoNiemeyer <gustavo@niemeyer.net>. +The dateutil module was written by Gustavo Niemeyer <gustavo@niemeyer.net> and +is currently maintained by Tomi Pieviläinen <tomi.pievilainen@iki.fi>. The latest +code is available in [https://launchpad.net/dateutil Launchpad]. == Documentation == The following modules are available. @@ -1967,4 +1969,17 @@ Example: tzfile('Brazil/East') }}} +== Building == +When you get the source, it does not contain the internal zoneinfo +database. To get (and update) the database, run the updatezinfo.py script. Make sure +that the zic command is in your path, and that you have network connectivity +to get the latest timezone information from IANA. If you have downloaded +the timezone data earlier, you can give the tarball as a parameter to +updatezinfo.py. + +== Testing == +dateutil has a comprehensive test suite, which can be run simply by running the +test.py script in the project root. Note that if you don't have the internal +zoneinfo database, some tests will fail. Apart from that, all tests should pass. + ## vim:ft=moin |