Use the system zoneinfo from sys-libs/timezone-data. --- pytz/__init__.py +++ pytz/__init__.py @@ -54,8 +54,7 @@ for part in name_parts: if part == os.path.pardir or os.path.sep in part: raise ValueError('Bad path segment: %r' % part) - filename = os.path.join(os.path.dirname(__file__), - 'zoneinfo', *name_parts) + filename = os.path.join('/usr/share/zoneinfo', *name_parts) if not os.path.exists(filename) and resource_stream is not None: # http://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/383171 - we avoid using this # unless absolutely necessary to help when a broken version of