Handle #1806

getnikola · Jun 10, 2015 · 3495757 · 3495757
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diff --git a/CHANGES.txt b/CHANGES.txt
@@ -11,6 +11,7 @@ Features
 Bugfixes
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+* Handle rare gettz failure (Issue #1806)
 * Handle missing ws4py better in auto plugin (Issue #1803)
 * IDNA mixing unicode/bytes in python 3 (Issue #1802)
 * Cleaner splitting of metadata in onefile posts (Issue #973)

diff --git a/nikola/nikola.py b/nikola/nikola.py
@@ -655,9 +655,13 @@ def __init__(self, **config):
             utils.LOGGER.warn("Please explicitly add the setting to your conf.py with the desired value, as the setting will default to False in the future.")
 
         # We use one global tzinfo object all over Nikola.
-        self.tzinfo = dateutil.tz.gettz(self.config['TIMEZONE'])
+        try:
+            self.tzinfo = dateutil.tz.gettz(self.config['TIMEZONE'])
+        except Exception as exc:
+            utils.LOGGER.warn("Error getting TZ: {}", exc)
+            self.tzinfo = dateutil.tz.gettz()
         self.config['__tzinfo__'] = self.tzinfo
-
+        
         self.plugin_manager = PluginManager(categories_filter={
             "Command": Command,
             "Task": Task,