{"action":"created","issue":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dateutil/dateutil/issues/151","labels_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dateutil/dateutil/issues/151/labels{/name}","comments_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dateutil/dateutil/issues/151/comments","events_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dateutil/dateutil/issues/151/events","html_url":"https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/issues/151","id":117706935,"number":151,"title":"tzwin for the same timezone string does not compare equal","user":{"login":"aburgm","id":5033091,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/5033091?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm","html_url":"https://github.com/aburgm","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/aburgm/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"labels":[],"state":"open","locked":false,"assignee":null,"milestone":null,"comments":2,"created_at":"2015-11-18T23:35:24Z","updated_at":"2015-11-19T00:16:15Z","closed_at":null,"body":"Consider this:\r\n\r\n```\r\n>>> dateutil.tz.gettz('Eastern Standard Time') == dateutil.tz.gettz('Eastern Standard Time')\r\nFalse\r\n```\r\n\r\nOther timezone classes such as tzfile or tzlocal compare equal:\r\n\r\n```\r\n>>> dateutil.tz.gettz('America/New_York') == dateutil.tz.gettz('America/New_York')\r\nTrue\r\n>>> dateutil.tz.gettz('America/New_York') == dateutil.tz.gettz('America/Halifax')\r\nFalse\r\n>>> dateutil.tz.tzlocal() == dateutil.tz.tzlocal()\r\nTrue\r\n```\r\n\r\nNote that, as a consequence of this, the expression ```dateutil.tz.gettz('UTC') == dateutil.tz.gettz('UTC')``` will return different results on different platforms (False on Windows, True on Unices)."},"comment":{"url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dateutil/dateutil/issues/comments/157906258","html_url":"https://github.com/dateutil/dateutil/issues/151#issuecomment-157906258","issue_url":"https://api.github.com/repos/dateutil/dateutil/issues/151","id":157906258,"user":{"login":"labrys","id":1867464,"avatar_url":"https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/1867464?v=3","gravatar_id":"","url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys","html_url":"https://github.com/labrys","followers_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/followers","following_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/following{/other_user}","gists_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/gists{/gist_id}","starred_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/starred{/owner}{/repo}","subscriptions_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/subscriptions","organizations_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/orgs","repos_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/repos","events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/events{/privacy}","received_events_url":"https://api.github.com/users/labrys/received_events","type":"User","site_admin":false},"created_at":"2015-11-19T00:16:15Z","updated_at":"2015-11-19T00:16:15Z","body":"Appreciate the update.  Thanks yet again for all your hard work on this, it is much appreciated!"}}