How to get a time zone from a location using latitude and longitude coordinates?

Question

Given the latitude and longitude of a location, how does one know what time zone is in effect in that location?

In most cases, we are looking for an IANA/Olson time z

Answer 1

From Guppy:

import geocoders
g = geocoders.GoogleV3()
place, (lat, lng) = g.geocode('Fairbanks')
print place, (lat, lng)
Fairbanks, AK, USA (64.8377778, -147.7163889)
timezone = g.timezone((lat, lng))
print timezone.dst

Bound method America/Anchorage.dst of DstTzInfo

America/Anchorage' LMT-1 day, 14:00:00 STD