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2nd September 2007 - Link Blog

Django vs feedparser on dates. Some useful tips in the comments. I find Python’s timezone stuff endlessly frustrating: I know it can do what I want, but it always takes me a ridiculously long time to figure out the necessary incantations.

Posted 2nd September 2007 at 10:17 am

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