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some timezone doc improvements (closes #16667) 

From the combined efforts of Berber Peksage, Andrew Svetlov, and Yayoi Ukai.
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Benjamin Peterson 2014-06-22 16:26:39 -07:00
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@ -1687,11 +1687,11 @@ only EST (fixed offset -5 hours), or only EDT (fixed offset -4 hours)).
.. seealso::
`pytz <http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz/>`_
The standard library has no :class:`tzinfo` instances except for UTC, but
there exists a third-party library which brings the *IANA timezone
database* (also known as the Olson database) to Python: *pytz*.
The standard library has :class:`timezone` class for handling arbitrary
fixed offsets from UTC and :attr:`timezone.utc` as UTC timezone instance.
*pytz* contains up-to-date information and its usage is recommended.
*pytz* library brings the *IANA timezone database* (also known as the
Olson database) to Python and its usage is recommended.
`IANA timezone database <http://www.iana.org/time-zones>`_
The Time Zone Database (often called tz or zoneinfo) contains code and
@ -1728,6 +1728,8 @@ made to civil time.
*offset*, HH and MM are two digits of ``offset.hours`` and
``offset.minutes`` respectively.
.. versionadded:: 3.2
.. method:: timezone.utcoffset(dt)
Return the fixed value specified when the :class:`timezone` instance is