diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst index e4f1eb23017..e1b9e108f6c 100644 --- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst +++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst @@ -1687,11 +1687,11 @@ only EST (fixed offset -5 hours), or only EDT (fixed offset -4 hours)). .. seealso:: `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 `_ 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