Rebase for Formatting

gistfile1.py

from datetime import datetime
from pytz import utc, timezone

# My local time in Italy is now midnight
local_time = datetime.now()
print local_time.strftime( '%H' ), local_time.hour # outputs "00 0" 

# Following http://lucumr.pocoo.org/2011/7/15/eppur-si-muove/

# take that UTC datetime object
utcnow = datetime.utcnow()

# attach the UTC timezone information
utcnow_with_tz = utc.localize( utcnow )

# look up the user's timezone
italy = timezone( 'Europe/Rome' )

# rebase to local time and format. 
rebased = utcnow_with_tz.astimezone( italy ) # do you mean this with "rebase"?

print rebased.strftime( '%H' ), rebased.hour # outputs "00 0"

This is ok, according to the blog author himself https://twitter.com/#!/mitsuhiko/status/147339524731711489