Information about the package, pytz, which is shipped with common Linux distributions. The pytz package is designed for, World Timezone Definitions for Python.
Package Name:
pytz
Summary:
World Timezone Definitions for Python
Description:
pytz brings the Olson tz database into Python. This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.3 or higher. It also solves the issue of ambiguous times at the end of daylight savings, which you can read more about in the Python Library Reference (datetime.tzinfo). Amost all (over 540) of the Olson timezones are supported.
Architecture:
noarch
Version:
2010h
Release:
2.el6
Size:
35 k
Repository:
base
From Repository:
Licence:
MIT
Control the pytz package with the following handy commands outlined below.
yum install pytz
This command will install pytz on the server.
yum remove pytz
This command will un-install pytz on the server. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pytz, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y remove pytz
This command will un-install pytz on the server. When you run this command with th e -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pytz when using the -y flag.
yum update pytz
This command will update pytz to the latest version. When you run this command, you will be asked if you are sure that you want to remove pytz, so you have to manually confirm that you want to do this.
yum -y update pytz
This command will update pytz to the latest version. When you run this command with the -y flag, you will not be prompted to check that you are sure you want to remove the package - so be sure you absolutely want to remove pytz when using the -y flag.
yum info pytz
This command will show you core information about the pytz package.
yum deplist pytz
This command will show you the dependencies for pytz. Thankfully, when using Yum, if dependencies are required, these are also installed at the same time so you don't have to worry too much about that.
yum check-update pytz
This command will check if there is an update waiting on pytz. When you run this command this will return nothing if there is nothing to update, or, will return the package name if the package is due to be updated.