django-geo-timezones 0.1

Reusable Django App for determining timezone by geo coordinates

Geo timezones is a simple Django app to determine timezone by geographic coordinates.

Quick start

1. Add “geo_timezones” to your INSTALLED_APPS settings like this:

   INSTALLED_APPS = (
       ...
       'geo_timezones',
       ...
   )

2. Download SHP TZ_DATA file from http://efele.net/maps/tz/world/.

3. Run python manage.py migrate to create the timezones models.

4. Run python manage.py geo_timezones_update –shp_filename=<your shp tz_data file> to update timezones.

5. Use app in your code:

   ...
   from geo_timezones import get_timezone_name_by_coordinates
   ...
   
   timezone_name = get_timezone_name_by_coordinates(55.3424, 61.0034)  # lat, long