How to iterate over a timezone list in (python) to find country(code)

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HI,
may have used an incorrect title here, and ‘tagged’ without wanting to be ‘rude’ so give it another shot in this dedicated thread.

@Tinkerer already suggested a symbolic link technique, but that is even more unfamiliar to me then manipulating a list in python. Which I hope to manage with some extra help…
so here goes:

have this list: https://gist.github.com/pamelafox/986163 (thank you @planetawylie)

and have a set of device_trackers Life360 which all have the timezone in their attributes:

{
  "source_type": "gps",
  "latitude": xx.xxxxxx,
  "longitude": xx.xxxxxx,
  "gps_accuracy": 20,
  "battery": 45,
  "time_zone": "Europe/Amsterdam",
  "address": null,
  "at_loc_since": "2019-06-23T17:30:29+02:00",
  "battery_charging": false,
  "driving": false,
  "last_seen": "2019-06-24T13:57:53+02:00",
  "moving": false,
  "raw_speed": -1,
  "speed": 0,
  "wifi_on": true,
  "friendly_name": "Life360 M",
  "entity_picture": "https://www.life360.com/img/user_images/redacted.jpg?fd=2",
  "custom_ui_state_card": "state-card-custom-ui",
  "show_last_changed": true

now how could I take the attribute ‘time_zone’ and find that in the above list,

{'timezones': ['Europe/Amsterdam'], 'code': 'NL', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Kingdom of the Netherlands', 'capital': 'Amsterdam'},

and then select the country ‘code’ or/and ‘name’

Please have a look, really need some extra guidance here…
thanks

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where is the timezones dictionary coming from? how is it being brought into ha?

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for now it is an online source, just as I posted.
It could be made into a local file I suppose, which would allow for editing some errors in it :wink:

why would be best in your opinion? Id guess a local file would prevent online issues of unavailability.
could be some kind of config file? just a with eg the lovelace dark sky weather card
I saved it for now as timezones.txt

countries = [
{'timezones': ['Europe/Andorra'], 'code': 'AD', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Andorra', 'capital': 'Andorra la Vella'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Kabul'], 'code': 'AF', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Afghanistan', 'capital': 'Kabul'},
{'timezones': ['America/Antigua'], 'code': 'AG', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Antigua and Barbuda', 'capital': "St. John's"},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Tirane'], 'code': 'AL', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Albania', 'capital': 'Tirana'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Yerevan'], 'code': 'AM', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Armenia', 'capital': 'Yerevan'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Luanda'], 'code': 'AO', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Angola', 'capital': 'Luanda'},
{'timezones': ['America/Argentina/Buenos_Aires', 'America/Argentina/Cordoba', 'America/Argentina/Jujuy', 'America/Argentina/Tucuman', 'America/Argentina/Catamarca', 'America/Argentina/La_Rioja', 'America/Argentina/San_Juan', 'America/Argentina/Mendoza', 'America/Argentina/Rio_Gallegos', 'America/Argentina/Ushuaia'], 'code': 'AR', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Argentina', 'capital': 'Buenos Aires'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Vienna'], 'code': 'AT', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Austria', 'capital': 'Vienna'},
{'timezones': ['Australia/Lord_Howe', 'Australia/Hobart', 'Australia/Currie', 'Australia/Melbourne', 'Australia/Sydney', 'Australia/Broken_Hill', 'Australia/Brisbane', 'Australia/Lindeman', 'Australia/Adelaide', 'Australia/Darwin', 'Australia/Perth'], 'code': 'AU', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Australia', 'capital': 'Canberra'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Baku'], 'code': 'AZ', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Azerbaijan', 'capital': 'Baku'},
{'timezones': ['America/Barbados'], 'code': 'BB', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Barbados', 'capital': 'Bridgetown'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Dhaka'], 'code': 'BD', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Bangladesh', 'capital': 'Dhaka'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Brussels'], 'code': 'BE', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Belgium', 'capital': 'Brussels'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Ouagadougou'], 'code': 'BF', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Burkina Faso', 'capital': 'Ouagadougou'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Sofia'], 'code': 'BG', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Bulgaria', 'capital': 'Sofia'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Bahrain'], 'code': 'BH', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Bahrain', 'capital': 'Manama'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Bujumbura'], 'code': 'BI', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Burundi', 'capital': 'Bujumbura'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Porto-Novo'], 'code': 'BJ', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Benin', 'capital': 'Porto-Novo'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Brunei'], 'code': 'BN', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Brunei Darussalam', 'capital': 'Bandar Seri Begawan'},
{'timezones': ['America/La_Paz'], 'code': 'BO', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Bolivia', 'capital': 'Sucre'},
{'timezones': ['America/Noronha', 'America/Belem', 'America/Fortaleza', 'America/Recife', 'America/Araguaina', 'America/Maceio', 'America/Bahia', 'America/Sao_Paulo', 'America/Campo_Grande', 'America/Cuiaba', 'America/Porto_Velho', 'America/Boa_Vista', 'America/Manaus', 'America/Eirunepe', 'America/Rio_Branco'], 'code': 'BR', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Brazil', 'capital': 'Bras\xc3\xadlia'},
{'timezones': ['America/Nassau'], 'code': 'BS', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Bahamas', 'capital': 'Nassau'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Thimphu'], 'code': 'BT', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Bhutan', 'capital': 'Thimphu'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Gaborone'], 'code': 'BW', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Botswana', 'capital': 'Gaborone'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Minsk'], 'code': 'BY', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Belarus', 'capital': 'Minsk'},
{'timezones': ['America/Belize'], 'code': 'BZ', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Belize', 'capital': 'Belmopan'},
{'timezones': ['America/St_Johns', 'America/Halifax', 'America/Glace_Bay', 'America/Moncton', 'America/Goose_Bay', 'America/Blanc-Sablon', 'America/Montreal', 'America/Toronto', 'America/Nipigon', 'America/Thunder_Bay', 'America/Pangnirtung', 'America/Iqaluit', 'America/Atikokan', 'America/Rankin_Inlet', 'America/Winnipeg', 'America/Rainy_River', 'America/Cambridge_Bay', 'America/Regina', 'America/Swift_Current', 'America/Edmonton', 'America/Yellowknife', 'America/Inuvik', 'America/Dawson_Creek', 'America/Vancouver', 'America/Whitehorse', 'America/Dawson'], 'code': 'CA', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Canada', 'capital': 'Ottawa'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Kinshasa', 'Africa/Lubumbashi'], 'code': 'CD', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Democratic Republic of the Congo', 'capital': 'Kinshasa'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Brazzaville'], 'code': 'CG', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Republic of the Congo', 'capital': 'Brazzaville'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Abidjan'], 'code': 'CI', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': "C\xc3\xb4te d'Ivoire", 'capital': 'Yamoussoukro'},
{'timezones': ['America/Santiago', 'Pacific/Easter'], 'code': 'CL', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Chile', 'capital': 'Santiago'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Douala'], 'code': 'CM', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Cameroon', 'capital': 'Yaound\xc3\xa9'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Shanghai', 'Asia/Harbin', 'Asia/Chongqing', 'Asia/Urumqi', 'Asia/Kashgar'], 'code': 'CN', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': "People's Republic of China", 'capital': 'Beijing'},
{'timezones': ['America/Bogota'], 'code': 'CO', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Colombia', 'capital': 'Bogot\xc3\xa1'},
{'timezones': ['America/Costa_Rica'], 'code': 'CR', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Costa Rica', 'capital': 'San Jos\xc3\xa9'},
{'timezones': ['America/Havana'], 'code': 'CU', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Cuba', 'capital': 'Havana'},
{'timezones': ['Atlantic/Cape_Verde'], 'code': 'CV', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Cape Verde', 'capital': 'Praia'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Nicosia'], 'code': 'CY', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Cyprus', 'capital': 'Nicosia'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Prague'], 'code': 'CZ', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Czech Republic', 'capital': 'Prague'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Berlin'], 'code': 'DE', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Germany', 'capital': 'Berlin'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Djibouti'], 'code': 'DJ', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Djibouti', 'capital': 'Djibouti City'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Copenhagen'], 'code': 'DK', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Denmark', 'capital': 'Copenhagen'},
{'timezones': ['America/Dominica'], 'code': 'DM', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Dominica', 'capital': 'Roseau'},
{'timezones': ['America/Santo_Domingo'], 'code': 'DO', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Dominican Republic', 'capital': 'Santo Domingo'},
{'timezones': ['America/Guayaquil', 'Pacific/Galapagos'], 'code': 'EC', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Ecuador', 'capital': 'Quito'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Tallinn'], 'code': 'EE', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Estonia', 'capital': 'Tallinn'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Cairo'], 'code': 'EG', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Egypt', 'capital': 'Cairo'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Asmera'], 'code': 'ER', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Eritrea', 'capital': 'Asmara'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Addis_Ababa'], 'code': 'ET', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Ethiopia', 'capital': 'Addis Ababa'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Helsinki'], 'code': 'FI', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Finland', 'capital': 'Helsinki'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Fiji'], 'code': 'FJ', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Fiji', 'capital': 'Suva'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Paris'], 'code': 'FR', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'France', 'capital': 'Paris'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Libreville'], 'code': 'GA', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Gabon', 'capital': 'Libreville'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Tbilisi'], 'code': 'GE', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Georgia', 'capital': 'Tbilisi'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Accra'], 'code': 'GH', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Ghana', 'capital': 'Accra'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Banjul'], 'code': 'GM', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'The Gambia', 'capital': 'Banjul'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Conakry'], 'code': 'GN', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Guinea', 'capital': 'Conakry'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Athens'], 'code': 'GR', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Greece', 'capital': 'Athens'},
{'timezones': ['America/Guatemala'], 'code': 'GT', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Guatemala', 'capital': 'Guatemala City'},
{'timezones': ['America/Guatemala'], 'code': 'GT', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Haiti', 'capital': 'Port-au-Prince'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Bissau'], 'code': 'GW', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Guinea-Bissau', 'capital': 'Bissau'},
{'timezones': ['America/Guyana'], 'code': 'GY', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Guyana', 'capital': 'Georgetown'},
{'timezones': ['America/Tegucigalpa'], 'code': 'HN', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Honduras', 'capital': 'Tegucigalpa'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Budapest'], 'code': 'HU', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Hungary', 'capital': 'Budapest'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Jakarta', 'Asia/Pontianak', 'Asia/Makassar', 'Asia/Jayapura'], 'code': 'ID', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Indonesia', 'capital': 'Jakarta'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Dublin'], 'code': 'IE', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Republic of Ireland', 'capital': 'Dublin'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Jerusalem'], 'code': 'IL', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Israel', 'capital': 'Jerusalem'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Calcutta'], 'code': 'IN', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'India', 'capital': 'New Delhi'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Baghdad'], 'code': 'IQ', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Iraq', 'capital': 'Baghdad'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Tehran'], 'code': 'IR', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Iran', 'capital': 'Tehran'},
{'timezones': ['Atlantic/Reykjavik'], 'code': 'IS', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Iceland', 'capital': 'Reykjav\xc3\xadk'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Rome'], 'code': 'IT', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Italy', 'capital': 'Rome'},
{'timezones': ['America/Jamaica'], 'code': 'JM', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Jamaica', 'capital': 'Kingston'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Amman'], 'code': 'JO', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Jordan', 'capital': 'Amman'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Tokyo'], 'code': 'JP', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Japan', 'capital': 'Tokyo'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Nairobi'], 'code': 'KE', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Kenya', 'capital': 'Nairobi'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Bishkek'], 'code': 'KG', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Kyrgyzstan', 'capital': 'Bishkek'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Tarawa', 'Pacific/Enderbury', 'Pacific/Kiritimati'], 'code': 'KI', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Kiribati', 'capital': 'Tarawa'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Pyongyang'], 'code': 'KP', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'North Korea', 'capital': 'Pyongyang'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Seoul'], 'code': 'KR', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'South Korea', 'capital': 'Seoul'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Kuwait'], 'code': 'KW', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Kuwait', 'capital': 'Kuwait City'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Beirut'], 'code': 'LB', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Lebanon', 'capital': 'Beirut'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Vaduz'], 'code': 'LI', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Liechtenstein', 'capital': 'Vaduz'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Monrovia'], 'code': 'LR', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Liberia', 'capital': 'Monrovia'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Maseru'], 'code': 'LS', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Lesotho', 'capital': 'Maseru'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Vilnius'], 'code': 'LT', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Lithuania', 'capital': 'Vilnius'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Luxembourg'], 'code': 'LU', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Luxembourg', 'capital': 'Luxembourg City'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Riga'], 'code': 'LV', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Latvia', 'capital': 'Riga'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Tripoli'], 'code': 'LY', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Libya', 'capital': 'Tripoli'},
{'timezones': ['Indian/Antananarivo'], 'code': 'MG', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Madagascar', 'capital': 'Antananarivo'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Majuro', 'Pacific/Kwajalein'], 'code': 'MH', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Marshall Islands', 'capital': 'Majuro'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Skopje'], 'code': 'MK', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Macedonia', 'capital': 'Skopje'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Bamako'], 'code': 'ML', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Mali', 'capital': 'Bamako'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Rangoon'], 'code': 'MM', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Myanmar', 'capital': 'Naypyidaw'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Ulaanbaatar', 'Asia/Hovd', 'Asia/Choibalsan'], 'code': 'MN', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Mongolia', 'capital': 'Ulaanbaatar'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Nouakchott'], 'code': 'MR', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Mauritania', 'capital': 'Nouakchott'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Malta'], 'code': 'MT', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Malta', 'capital': 'Valletta'},
{'timezones': ['Indian/Mauritius'], 'code': 'MU', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Mauritius', 'capital': 'Port Louis'},
{'timezones': ['Indian/Maldives'], 'code': 'MV', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Maldives', 'capital': 'Mal\xc3\xa9'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Blantyre'], 'code': 'MW', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Malawi', 'capital': 'Lilongwe'},
{'timezones': ['America/Mexico_City', 'America/Cancun', 'America/Merida', 'America/Monterrey', 'America/Mazatlan', 'America/Chihuahua', 'America/Hermosillo', 'America/Tijuana'], 'code': 'MX', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Mexico', 'capital': 'Mexico City'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Kuala_Lumpur', 'Asia/Kuching'], 'code': 'MY', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Malaysia', 'capital': 'Kuala Lumpur'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Maputo'], 'code': 'MZ', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Mozambique', 'capital': 'Maputo'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Windhoek'], 'code': 'NA', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Namibia', 'capital': 'Windhoek'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Niamey'], 'code': 'NE', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Niger', 'capital': 'Niamey'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Lagos'], 'code': 'NG', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Nigeria', 'capital': 'Abuja'},
{'timezones': ['America/Managua'], 'code': 'NI', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Nicaragua', 'capital': 'Managua'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Amsterdam'], 'code': 'NL', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Kingdom of the Netherlands', 'capital': 'Amsterdam'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Oslo'], 'code': 'NO', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Norway', 'capital': 'Oslo'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Katmandu'], 'code': 'NP', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Nepal', 'capital': 'Kathmandu'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Nauru'], 'code': 'NR', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Nauru', 'capital': 'Yaren'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Auckland', 'Pacific/Chatham'], 'code': 'NZ', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'New Zealand', 'capital': 'Wellington'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Muscat'], 'code': 'OM', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Oman', 'capital': 'Muscat'},
{'timezones': ['America/Panama'], 'code': 'PA', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Panama', 'capital': 'Panama City'},
{'timezones': ['America/Lima'], 'code': 'PE', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Peru', 'capital': 'Lima'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Port_Moresby'], 'code': 'PG', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Papua New Guinea', 'capital': 'Port Moresby'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Manila'], 'code': 'PH', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Philippines', 'capital': 'Manila'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Karachi'], 'code': 'PK', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Pakistan', 'capital': 'Islamabad'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Warsaw'], 'code': 'PL', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Poland', 'capital': 'Warsaw'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Lisbon', 'Atlantic/Madeira', 'Atlantic/Azores'], 'code': 'PT', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Portugal', 'capital': 'Lisbon'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Palau'], 'code': 'PW', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Palau', 'capital': 'Ngerulmud'},
{'timezones': ['America/Asuncion'], 'code': 'PY', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Paraguay', 'capital': 'Asunci\xc3\xb3n'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Qatar'], 'code': 'QA', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Qatar', 'capital': 'Doha'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Bucharest'], 'code': 'RO', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Romania', 'capital': 'Bucharest'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Kaliningrad', 'Europe/Moscow', 'Europe/Volgograd', 'Europe/Samara', 'Asia/Yekaterinburg', 'Asia/Omsk', 'Asia/Novosibirsk', 'Asia/Krasnoyarsk', 'Asia/Irkutsk', 'Asia/Yakutsk', 'Asia/Vladivostok', 'Asia/Sakhalin', 'Asia/Magadan', 'Asia/Kamchatka', 'Asia/Anadyr'], 'code': 'RU', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Russia', 'capital': 'Moscow'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Kigali'], 'code': 'RW', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Rwanda', 'capital': 'Kigali'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Riyadh'], 'code': 'SA', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Saudi Arabia', 'capital': 'Riyadh'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Guadalcanal'], 'code': 'SB', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Solomon Islands', 'capital': 'Honiara'},
{'timezones': ['Indian/Mahe'], 'code': 'SC', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Seychelles', 'capital': 'Victoria'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Khartoum'], 'code': 'SD', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Sudan', 'capital': 'Khartoum'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Stockholm'], 'code': 'SE', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Sweden', 'capital': 'Stockholm'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Singapore'], 'code': 'SG', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Singapore', 'capital': 'Singapore'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Ljubljana'], 'code': 'SI', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Slovenia', 'capital': 'Ljubljana'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Bratislava'], 'code': 'SK', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Slovakia', 'capital': 'Bratislava'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Freetown'], 'code': 'SL', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Sierra Leone', 'capital': 'Freetown'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/San_Marino'], 'code': 'SM', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'San Marino', 'capital': 'San Marino'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Dakar'], 'code': 'SN', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Senegal', 'capital': 'Dakar'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Mogadishu'], 'code': 'SO', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Somalia', 'capital': 'Mogadishu'},
{'timezones': ['America/Paramaribo'], 'code': 'SR', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Suriname', 'capital': 'Paramaribo'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Sao_Tome'], 'code': 'ST', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'S\xc3\xa3o Tom\xc3\xa9 and Pr\xc3\xadncipe', 'capital': 'S\xc3\xa3o Tom\xc3\xa9'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Damascus'], 'code': 'SY', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Syria', 'capital': 'Damascus'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Lome'], 'code': 'TG', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Togo', 'capital': 'Lom\xc3\xa9'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Bangkok'], 'code': 'TH', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Thailand', 'capital': 'Bangkok'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Dushanbe'], 'code': 'TJ', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Tajikistan', 'capital': 'Dushanbe'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Ashgabat'], 'code': 'TM', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Turkmenistan', 'capital': 'Ashgabat'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Tunis'], 'code': 'TN', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Tunisia', 'capital': 'Tunis'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Tongatapu'], 'code': 'TO', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Tonga', 'capital': 'Nuku\xca\xbbalofa'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Istanbul'], 'code': 'TR', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Turkey', 'capital': 'Ankara'},
{'timezones': ['America/Port_of_Spain'], 'code': 'TT', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Trinidad and Tobago', 'capital': 'Port of Spain'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Funafuti'], 'code': 'TV', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Tuvalu', 'capital': 'Funafuti'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Dar_es_Salaam'], 'code': 'TZ', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Tanzania', 'capital': 'Dodoma'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Kiev', 'Europe/Uzhgorod', 'Europe/Zaporozhye', 'Europe/Simferopol'], 'code': 'UA', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Ukraine', 'capital': 'Kiev'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Kampala'], 'code': 'UG', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Uganda', 'capital': 'Kampala'},
{'timezones': ['America/New_York', 'America/Detroit', 'America/Kentucky/Louisville', 'America/Kentucky/Monticello', 'America/Indiana/Indianapolis', 'America/Indiana/Marengo', 'America/Indiana/Knox', 'America/Indiana/Vevay', 'America/Chicago', 'America/Indiana/Vincennes', 'America/Indiana/Petersburg', 'America/Menominee', 'America/North_Dakota/Center', 'America/North_Dakota/New_Salem', 'America/Denver', 'America/Boise', 'America/Shiprock', 'America/Phoenix', 'America/Los_Angeles', 'America/Anchorage', 'America/Juneau', 'America/Yakutat', 'America/Nome', 'America/Adak', 'Pacific/Honolulu'], 'code': 'US', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'United States', 'capital': 'Washington, D.C.'},
{'timezones': ['America/Montevideo'], 'code': 'UY', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Uruguay', 'capital': 'Montevideo'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Samarkand', 'Asia/Tashkent'], 'code': 'UZ', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Uzbekistan', 'capital': 'Tashkent'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Vatican'], 'code': 'VA', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Vatican City', 'capital': 'Vatican City'},
{'timezones': ['America/Caracas'], 'code': 'VE', 'continent': 'South America', 'name': 'Venezuela', 'capital': 'Caracas'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Saigon'], 'code': 'VN', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Vietnam', 'capital': 'Hanoi'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Efate'], 'code': 'VU', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Vanuatu', 'capital': 'Port Vila'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Aden'], 'code': 'YE', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Yemen', 'capital': "Sana'a"},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Lusaka'], 'code': 'ZM', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Zambia', 'capital': 'Lusaka'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Harare'], 'code': 'ZW', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Zimbabwe', 'capital': 'Harare'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Algiers'], 'code': 'DZ', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Algeria', 'capital': 'Algiers'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Sarajevo'], 'code': 'BA', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Bosnia and Herzegovina', 'capital': 'Sarajevo'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Phnom_Penh'], 'code': 'KH', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Cambodia', 'capital': 'Phnom Penh'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Bangui'], 'code': 'CF', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Central African Republic', 'capital': 'Bangui'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Ndjamena'], 'code': 'TD', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Chad', 'capital': "N'Djamena"},
{'timezones': ['Indian/Comoro'], 'code': 'KM', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Comoros', 'capital': 'Moroni'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Zagreb'], 'code': 'HR', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Croatia', 'capital': 'Zagreb'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Dili'], 'code': 'TL', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'East Timor', 'capital': 'Dili'},
{'timezones': ['America/El_Salvador'], 'code': 'SV', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'El Salvador', 'capital': 'San Salvador'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Malabo'], 'code': 'GQ', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Equatorial Guinea', 'capital': 'Malabo'},
{'timezones': ['America/Grenada'], 'code': 'GD', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Grenada', 'capital': "St. George's"},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Almaty', 'Asia/Qyzylorda', 'Asia/Aqtobe', 'Asia/Aqtau', 'Asia/Oral'], 'code': 'KZ', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Kazakhstan', 'capital': 'Astana'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Vientiane'], 'code': 'LA', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Laos', 'capital': 'Vientiane'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Truk', 'Pacific/Ponape', 'Pacific/Kosrae'], 'code': 'FM', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Federated States of Micronesia', 'capital': 'Palikir'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Chisinau'], 'code': 'MD', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Moldova', 'capital': 'Chi\xc5\x9fin\xc4\x83u'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Monaco'], 'code': 'MC', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Monaco', 'capital': 'Monaco'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Podgorica'], 'code': 'ME', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Montenegro', 'capital': 'Podgorica'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Casablanca'], 'code': 'MA', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Morocco', 'capital': 'Rabat'},
{'timezones': ['America/St_Kitts'], 'code': 'KN', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Saint Kitts and Nevis', 'capital': 'Basseterre'},
{'timezones': ['America/St_Lucia'], 'code': 'LC', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Saint Lucia', 'capital': 'Castries'},
{'timezones': ['America/St_Vincent'], 'code': 'VC', 'continent': 'North America', 'name': 'Saint Vincent and the Grenadines', 'capital': 'Kingstown'},
{'timezones': ['Pacific/Apia'], 'code': 'WS', 'continent': 'Oceania', 'name': 'Samoa', 'capital': 'Apia'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Belgrade'], 'code': 'RS', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Serbia', 'capital': 'Belgrade'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Johannesburg'], 'code': 'ZA', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'South Africa', 'capital': 'Pretoria'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Madrid', 'Africa/Ceuta', 'Atlantic/Canary'], 'code': 'ES', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Spain', 'capital': 'Madrid'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Colombo'], 'code': 'LK', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'Sri Lanka', 'capital': 'Sri Jayewardenepura Kotte'},
{'timezones': ['Africa/Mbabane'], 'code': 'SZ', 'continent': 'Africa', 'name': 'Swaziland', 'capital': 'Mbabane'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/Zurich'], 'code': 'CH', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'Switzerland', 'capital': 'Bern'},
{'timezones': ['Asia/Dubai'], 'code': 'AE', 'continent': 'Asia', 'name': 'United Arab Emirates', 'capital': 'Abu Dhabi'},
{'timezones': ['Europe/London'], 'code': 'GB', 'continent': 'Europe', 'name': 'United Kingdom', 'capital': 'London'},
]
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It doesn’t matter you just need to get the information into python or home assistant. You choose. Python would be easier to manage.

Why are you even trying to do this?

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yes, sorry for that. I would like to see in which country my folks are when the travel abroad for studies or work. Since countries can’t be setup using zones, which uses the lat/lon, I searched for a link between the Life360 integration using the time_zone, and the source. Aren’t many available as far as I have been able to find.

If we have the country on the device_tracker, I would next be able to show that in the frontend with a flag, or what have you.

I now use overlays for the Zones,to show in 1 glance where they are, I’d hope to add a flag overlay to that.
Allowing for:
Home/Not home
Zone
Country

Not Home right now it the not-being-home-or-in-zone signal, this would allow for not-being-home-or-in-zone-or-in-a-country (than home country) …

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I don’t see how you’ll get country from TZ when there are potentially dozens of countries in a given timezone.

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I think I dont follow…
the time_zone of the device_tracker is (in my case above) Europe/Amsterdam. this one is unique for NL.

there are of course many time_zones in eg the US, but they all are in the US.
several other countries have several timezone’s, but they all have the same country code.

the other way round would be as you suggest that several countries have the same time_zone in this list? Of course I don’t mean eg Utc +2 , but the first item in the lists in the file, which are the same as the time_zone attribute of the life360 entity.

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If it where me I would find a pypi package that could look up the country based on lat/long and use that.

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Example (using https://pypi.org/project/geopy/)

>>> from geopy.geocoders import Nominatim
>>> geo = Nominatim()
>>> addr = geo.reverse("52.509669, 13.376294")
>>> country = addr.raw["address"]["country"]
>>> print(country)
Deutschland
10

ha, that sounds very fine indeed. Can we do that using Hassio? Not sure if the Python environment allows imports (don’t think it does…)

11

python_scripts: does not allow that.
You could do this as a standalone python script you call with shell_command: or (my preferred method) create a custom_component, publish that on GitHub and share it here so others can use it :slight_smile:

You could also go the “lazy” route and just create a template sensor of the attribute of your entity :man_shrugging:

  - platform: template
    sensors:
      my_entity_country:
        value_template: "{{ state_attr('device_tracker.my_entity', 'time_zone').split('/')[1] }}"
12

Thanks!, but…

this isn’t what I am after, since this shows the capital of the country…
Had these already, templating most of the DT’s attributes.

Somehow the external source is needed, either the file or online…or the python_script you provided.
I’ve never used the before. How can we call that shell_command and have it use the given time_zone?

13

In theory yes.

AppDaemon is probably a perfect option for your case :slight_smile:

14

And in case you go the AD route https://github.com/ludeeus/ad-address should do the job :stuck_out_tongue:

15

wow, you’re a magician :wink:

now, there’s a whole new learning curve here. AD is new for me, never used the before, and installing the python package also, on my Hassio setup.

guess you couldn’t be just as fast writing that custom_component would you…

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this is the second app I have done in AD (the first was a test app)
A custom_component would take some more time :slight_smile:

For hassio just install the addon, the add "geopy" in “python_packages”

{
  "disable_auto_token": false,
  "system_packages": [],
  "python_packages": [
    "geopy"
  ]
}
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so Ive set all up, and saved the app.

now where do I write this:

address:
  module: address
  class: Address
  entity: device_tracker.my_entity
  name: sensor.my_device_address

and secondly, how do I use that for more than 1 device? Can I list these under entity like this:

address:
  module: address
  class: Address
  entity:
    - device_tracker.my_entity
    - device_tracker.his_entity
    - device_tracker.her_entity
  name: sensor.my_device_address

or should I write the full set for each device, if so how?
Guess the latter since the name: indicates the sensor per entity?

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This was not a joke, I’ll check :wink:

update: Add it in /config/appdaemon/apps/apps.yaml
like this:

address:
  module: address
  class: Address
  entity: device_tracker.my_entity
  name: sensor.my_device_address
  
address 2:
  module: address
  class: Address
  entity: device_tracker.my_entity2
  name: sensor.my_device_address2
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You’re going to need appdaemon. Is that set up?

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yes it is. and I’ve saved the address.py in its folder:

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