view tools/tz.py @ 271:4746df47a538

Follow on to last rev (r292) for #126. Missed updating a shoutbox template. Also the repoze.timeago package uses UTC time by default. Change this to local time for now until we decide to switch over to UTC for everything.
author Brian Neal <bgneal@gmail.com>
date Sun, 26 Sep 2010 17:42:00 +0000
parents ed6202fb08b6
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"""
This program generates the data used by the timezone.js Javascript.
This data is used to create the 2 dropdown select boxes for timezones.
"""
import pytz
from pprint import pprint

def format_locations(locs):
    ss = ["[%s]" % ", ".join(["'%s'" % l for l in loc]) for loc in locs]
    return "%s" % ",\n".join(ss)

# get a list of areas

zones = [z.split('/') for z in pytz.common_timezones]
areas = set([zone[0] for zone in zones if len(zone) > 1])
areas = list(areas)
areas.sort()

locations = dict([(area, []) for area in areas])

#pprint(locations)

for zone in pytz.common_timezones:
    if zone.count('/') == 0:
        continue
    area, loc = zone.split('/', 1)
    if area in locations:
        locations[area].append(loc.replace('_', ' '))

#pprint(locations)

for area in locations.iterkeys():
    locations[area].sort()

locs = []
for area in areas:
    locs.append(locations[area])

#pprint(locs)

default_area = areas.index('US')
default_location = locs[default_area].index('Pacific')

print """\
var gcalTzInfo = {
    areas: [%s],
    locations: [%s],
    default_area: %s,
    default_location: %s
};
""" % (", ".join(["'%s'" % area for area in areas]), 
        format_locations(locs),
        default_area,
        default_location,
        )