geocode_timezones.py

# Simple script to determine name, lat/long and timezone of a place name.
import urllib2
import pytz
import json
from geocoders.geonames import geocode

def get_timezone(lat, lng):
    url = "http://ws.geonames.org/timezoneJSON?lat=%s&lng=%s" % (lat, lng)
    data = urllib2.urlopen(url)
    return pytz.timezone(json.load(data)[u'timezoneId'])

def locate(place):
    name, coords = geocode(place)
    tz = get_timezone(*coords)
    return (name, coords, tz)
    
print locate("Edmonton, alberta")