archive.close()
-def format_date(utc, to_localtime=True, isoformat=False):
+def format_date(utc, isoformat=False):
"""Parse Twitter's UTC date into UTC or local time."""
u = datetime.strptime(utc.replace('+0000','UTC'), '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S %Z %Y')
+ # This is the least painful way I could find to create a non-naive
+ # datetime including a UTC timezone. Alternative suggestions
+ # welcome.
unew = datetime.combine(u.date(), time(u.time().hour,
u.time().minute, u.time().second, tzinfo=UTC))
- if to_localtime and _time.timezone != 0:
- unew = unew.astimezone(Local)
+ # Convert to localtime
+ unew = unew.astimezone(Local)
+
if isoformat:
return unew.isoformat()
else:
dms = {}
try:
dms = load_tweets(filename)
- except Exception, e:
+ except Exception as e:
err("Error when loading saved DMs: %s - continuing without"
% str(e))