Define timezone pythonic way

.github/workflows/testing.yml

@@ -106,6 +106,9 @@ jobs:
       - name: Run tests for tls module
         shell: bash {0}
         run: bash testing/unit/run_test_module.sh tls captures certAuth certs reports root_certs output
+      # - name: Run framework tests
+      #   shell: bash {0}
+      #   run: bash testing/unit/run_framework_test.sh
       - name: Run tests for risk profiles
         shell: bash {0}
         run: bash testing/unit/run_report_test.sh testing/unit/risk_profile/risk_profile_test.py

framework/python/src/common/util.py

@@ -21,6 +21,7 @@
 import typing as t
 import netifaces
 from common import logger
+import tzlocal
 
 LOGGER = logger.get_logger('util')
 
@@ -153,3 +154,13 @@ def diff_dicts(d1: t.Dict[t.Any, t.Any], d2: t.Dict[t.Any, t.Any]) -> t.Dict:
     if items_added:
       diff['items_added'] = items_added
   return diff
+
+
+def get_system_timezone() -> str:
+  """Returns the local timezone of the system."""
+  try:
+    local_timezone = tzlocal.get_localzone()
+    return str(local_timezone)
+  except Exception as e:
+    LOGGER.error(f'Error getting local timezone: {e}')
+    return 'UTC'

framework/python/src/core/session.py

@@ -163,9 +163,7 @@ def __init__(self, root_dir):
     self.load_certs()
 
     # Fetch the timezone of the host system
-    tz = util.run_command('cat /etc/timezone')
-    # TODO: Check if timezone is fetched successfully
-    self._timezone = tz[0]
+    self._timezone = util.get_system_timezone()
     LOGGER.debug(f'System timezone is {self._timezone}')
 
     # MQTT client

framework/requirements.txt

@@ -44,3 +44,6 @@ APScheduler==3.10.4
 Jinja2==3.1.6
 beautifulsoup4==4.12.3
 html5lib==1.1
+
+# Requirements for timezone handling
+tzlocal==5.4.3

modules/test/base/python/requirements.txt

@@ -10,3 +10,7 @@ netifaces==0.11.0
 
 # Requirements for reports generation
 Jinja2==3.1.6
+
+# Requirements for timezone handling
+tzlocal==5.4.3
+