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diff --git a/gnu/packages/python.scm b/gnu/packages/python.scm
index d3832f30fb..da139c2473 100644
--- a/gnu/packages/python.scm
+++ b/gnu/packages/python.scm
@@ -43,6 +43,7 @@
;;; Copyright © 2017 Roel Janssen <roel@gnu.org>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Kei Kebreau <kei@openmailbox.org>
;;; Copyright © 2017 Rutger Helling <rhelling@mykolab.com>
+;;; Copyright © 2017 Muriithi Frederick Muriuki <fredmanglis@gmail.com>
;;;
;;; This file is part of GNU Guix.
;;;
@@ -653,27 +654,28 @@ on localhost.")
(define-public python-pytz
(package
(name "python-pytz")
- (version "2016.10")
+ (version "2017.2")
(source
(origin
(method url-fetch)
- (uri (pypi-uri "pytz" version ".tar.bz2"))
+ (uri (pypi-uri "pytz" version ".zip"))
(sha256
(base32
- "0az099cyp6p5xbsvfcdacj4hvxncbwm2ayn3h55mcp07zb2b45kh"))))
+ "12cmd3j46d2gcw08bspvp6s9icfcvx88zjz52n1bli9dyvl5dh7m"))))
(build-system python-build-system)
- (arguments `(#:tests? #f)) ; no test target
+ (native-inputs
+ `(("unzip" ,unzip)))
(home-page "http://pythonhosted.org/pytz")
(synopsis "Python timezone library")
- (description
- "This library allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations
-using Python 2.4 or higher and provides access to the Olson timezone database.")
+ (description "This library brings the Olson tz database into Python. It
+allows accurate and cross platform timezone calculations using Python 2.4 or
+higher. It also solves the issue of ambiguous times at the end of daylight
+saving time. Almost all of the Olson timezones are supported.")
(license license:expat)))
(define-public python2-pytz
(package-with-python2 python-pytz))
-
(define-public python-babel
(package
(name "python-babel")