Code:
for choice in current_xml.xpath("//choice"):
				log.info(date_string+" "+choice.get("startTime")+" "+
					current_time_in_user_timezone.strftime("%Z"))
				start_time=datetime.strptime(date_string+" "+choice.get("startTime")+" "+
					current_time_in_user_timezone.strftime("%Z"),"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z")
				end_time=datetime.strptime(date_string+"
...