from six import PY3 __all__ = ['tzname_in_python2'] def tzname_in_python2(namefunc): """Change unicode output into bytestrings in Python 2 tzname() API changed in Python 3. It used to return bytes, but was changed to unicode strings """ def adjust_encoding(*args, **kwargs): name = namefunc(*args, **kwargs) if name is not None and not PY3: name = name.encode() return name return adjust_encoding