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Python API, how to set to the local timezone
What is the proper way to set the local timezone in the cloudshell.api.cloudshell_api.CloudShellAPISession(timezone='') method?
The python 2.7 '-0800' (for PST) isn't acceptable.
Please provide a list of, or methodology for, the correct inputs to set the local timezone for this method.
The API guide, as usual, provide zero guidance for the proper way to do this (as is it provides no additional information as to what acceptable inputs to the parameter are)
There is an xmlrpc command to get the list of timezones that the server is aware of. Right now, it's not exposed in python.
In general, the values will look like:
'Pacific Standard Time' or 'UTC-08', etc. while 'UTC' is the default.
If you want, you can just add the following function in the cloudshell_api.py file, and call it after you create the api object.
def GetTimezoneIds(self):
return self.generateAPIRequest(OrderedDict([('method_name', 'GetServerTimeZones')]))
If you'll need it during run-time, then you might want to implement it without modifying the api package - or copy it to the local pypi.
