Here you are using the abstract base class datetime.tzinfo to create a EST5EDT class which describes what it means to be "Eastern Time Zone", namely your UTC offset (-5 hours) and when daylight savings time is in effect (btwn the 2nd Sunday of March and the 1st Sunday of November). More @Wikipedia
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