Print local time in any timezone by GMT offset (hour & minute)

localtime.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import time, sys, re
 
OFFSET = sys.argv[1] # get the time offset in hours
OPERATION = OFFSET[0] # get the first character in OFFSET

if OPERATION != "+" and OPERATION != "-": # we only accept + and - as valid operations
  print "usage: %s +3.5 (for UTC +3.5 hours)" % sys.argv[0]
  sys.exit(1) 

OFFSET = float(re.search("(\d+(\.\d+)?)", OFFSET).group(1)) # pull out offset only, ignoring operator - digit plus an optional decimal then more digits

code = 'print time.strftime("%I:%M %p", time.localtime(time.mktime(time.gmtime()) ' + OPERATION + 'OFFSET * 60 * 60))'; exec code # build the code that prints the time based on operator then execute it

sys.exit(0)