[Zope] Further info about ZopeTime() not returning correct values

[Bill Anderson]

Guy Davis wrote:
> 
> I'm having some trouble with ZopeTime as well.  I need the current time
> in the following format:
> yyyy-mm-dd hh:mm:ss
> 
> <dtml-var "ZopeTime()"> gives the correct local time but in the wrong
> format.
> <dmtl-var "ZoptTime()" fmt="%Y-%m-%d %X"> gives the right format but
> uses GMT when I need local time.  (I got the formats from a 'man date'
> under Linux) As far as I can tell as soon as I specify a fmt="" string,
> ZopeTime automagically starts returning GMT.
> 
> So is it impossible to format _and_ to get the local time?

This fits with my experience so far.
Whenever you format it, you 'change timezones' it seems.
In my case it uses 'MST" which seems to be 7 hours ahead of me ... (as
opposed to the -5 I had previously thought)

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