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# Timezone Name

Time zone name validation and serialization module.

## TimeZoneName

**Bases:** [`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str)

TimeZoneName is a custom string subclass for validating and serializing timezone names.

The TimeZoneName class uses the IANA Time Zone Database for validation. It supports both strict and non-strict modes for timezone name validation.

## Examples:

Some examples of using the TimeZoneName class:

### Normal usage:

```python
from pydantic_extra_types.timezone_name import TimeZoneName
from pydantic import BaseModel
class Location(BaseModel):
    city: str
    timezone: TimeZoneName

loc = Location(city="New York", timezone="America/New_York")
print(loc.timezone)

>> America/New_York

```

### Non-strict mode:

```python

from pydantic_extra_types.timezone_name import TimeZoneName, timezone_name_settings

@timezone_name_settings(strict=False)
class TZNonStrict(TimeZoneName):
    pass

tz = TZNonStrict("america/new_york")

print(tz)

>> america/new_york

```

## get\_timezones

```python
def get_timezones() -> set[str]
```

Determine the timezone provider and return available timezones.

### Returns

[`set`](https://docs.python.org/3/reference/expressions.html#set)\[[`str`](https://docs.python.org/3/builtins/stdtypes.html#str)]

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