Timezone problem

[shug1565]

Hi, thanks for your library which I found really useful.

I am using it to retrieve economic calendar data and found some strange behavior on timezone conversions. It can be a bug.

Could you please let me know what 15 and 56 represent in the TIMEZONES' GMT values?
In .util.constant.py and TIMEZONES dictionary, 'GMT' is defined as [15, 56].
In news.py/economic_calendar function, you have 'timeZone': choice(cst.TIMEZONES[time_zone]).

What I found is that when 15 is used to retrieve data, the NFP time can be incorrect, but 56 is ok. Below is the proof.

Thanks in advance.

[przemyslawbak]

I found here time zone keys:

investpy/investpy/utils/constant.py

Line 425 in 85751d7

TIMEZONES = {

TIMEZONES = {
    "GMT -11:00": [2, 35],
    "GMT -10:00": [3],
    "GMT -9:00": [4],
    "GMT -8:00": [36, 5],
    "GMT -7:00": [37, 38, 6],
    "GMT -6:00": [39, 7, 40, 41],
    "GMT -5:00": [42, 8, 43],
    "GMT -4:00": [10, 9, 45, 46],
    "GMT -3:30": [11],
    "GMT -3:00": [44, 12, 48, 49, 50, 51, 47],
    "GMT -1:00": [14, 53],
    "GMT": [15, 56],
    "GMT +1:00": [16, 57, 58, 54, 166, 59, 60],
    "GMT +2:00": [62, 64, 65, 66, 68, 17, 67, 61],
    "GMT +3:00": [71, 63, 70, 18, 72],
    "GMT +3:30": [19],
    "GMT +4:00": [20, 73],
    "GMT +4:30": [21],
    "GMT +5:00": [22, 77],
    "GMT +5:30": [23, 79],
    "GMT +5:45": [24],
    "GMT +6:00": [25],
    "GMT +6:30": [26],
    "GMT +7:00": [27],
    "GMT +8:00": [178, 28, 113],
    "GMT +9:00": [29, 88],
    "GMT +9:30": [90],
    "GMT +10:30": [30],
    "GMT +11:00": [31, 32],
    "GMT +12:00": [1],
    "GMT +13:00": [33],
}

[shug1565]

Thanks. Do you know how to use the time zone keys? For example, "GMT": [15, 56], What do 15 and 56 do?

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[stevenm100]

Im also having trouble with the time, it might be timezone related, but might not be.

When I use the library to get the economic calendar, the time returned is different by an hour each time i use it.

data2 = investpy.news.economic_calendar(from_date=str(today.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")),
                                        #to_date  =str(tomorrow.strftime("%d/%m/%Y")), # to_date doesnt seem to be needed to pull just today
                                        countries=['united states',],
                                        importances = ['high','medium'])

This returns:

        id        date   time           zone currency importance                                     event actual forecast previous
0   457906  21/09/2022  07:00  united states      USD     medium          Existing Home Sales (MoM)  (Aug)  -0.4%     None    -5.7%
1   457905  21/09/2022  07:00  united states      USD       high                Existing Home Sales  (Aug)  4.80M    4.70M    4.82M
2   458782  21/09/2022  07:30  united states      USD       high                     Crude Oil Inventories   None   2.161M   2.442M
3   458785  21/09/2022  07:30  united states      USD     medium             Cushing Crude Oil Inventories   None     None  -0.135M
4   457921  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - 1st Yr  (Q3)   None     None     3.80
5   457919  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - 2nd Yr  (Q3)   None     None      3.4
6   457918  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - 3rd Yr  (Q3)   None     None      2.1
7   457920  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD     medium  Interest Rate Projection - Current  (Q3)   None     None      3.4
8   457922  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - Longer  (Q3)   None     None      2.5
9   436033  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD       high                 FOMC Economic Projections   None     None     None
10  437373  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD       high                            FOMC Statement   None     None     None
11  436032  21/09/2022  11:00  united states      USD       high                Fed Interest Rate Decision   None    3.25%    2.50%
12  437381  21/09/2022  11:30  united states      USD       high                     FOMC Press Conference   None     None     None

or

        id        date   time           zone currency importance                                     event actual forecast previous
0   457905  21/09/2022  08:00  united states      USD       high                Existing Home Sales  (Aug)  4.80M    4.70M    4.82M
1   457906  21/09/2022  08:00  united states      USD     medium          Existing Home Sales (MoM)  (Aug)  -0.4%     None    -5.7%
2   458782  21/09/2022  08:30  united states      USD       high                     Crude Oil Inventories   None   2.161M   2.442M
3   458785  21/09/2022  08:30  united states      USD     medium             Cushing Crude Oil Inventories   None     None  -0.135M
4   457921  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - 1st Yr  (Q3)   None     None     3.80
5   457919  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - 2nd Yr  (Q3)   None     None      3.4
6   457918  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - 3rd Yr  (Q3)   None     None      2.1
7   457920  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD     medium  Interest Rate Projection - Current  (Q3)   None     None      3.4
8   457922  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD     medium   Interest Rate Projection - Longer  (Q3)   None     None      2.5
9   436033  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD       high                 FOMC Economic Projections   None     None     None
10  437373  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD       high                            FOMC Statement   None     None     None
11  436032  21/09/2022  12:00  united states      USD       high                Fed Interest Rate Decision   None    3.25%    2.50%
12  437381  21/09/2022  12:30  united states      USD       high                     FOMC Press Conference   None     None     None

You can see the time has shifted by an hour. i cant work it out, so wondered if anyone else has seen this and has a solution?

[stevenm100]

This worked for me:
#331 (comment)