Mention that timezone is a subclass of tzinfo.

6d3c9a68 · Alexander Belopolsky · 4e86d5b8 · 6d3c9a68
Commit 6d3c9a68 authored May 04, 2011 by Alexander Belopolsky
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@@ -1577,11 +1577,12 @@ only EST (fixed offset -5 hours), or only EDT (fixed offset -4 hours)).
 :class:`timezone` Objects
 --------------------------
-A :class:`timezone` object represents a timezone that is defined by a
+The :class:`timezone` class is a subclass of :class:`tzinfo`, each
-fixed offset from UTC.  Note that objects of this class cannot be used
+instance of which represents a timezone defined by a fixed offset from
-to represent timezone information in the locations where different
+UTC.  Note that objects of this class cannot be used to represent
-offsets are used in different days of the year or where historical
+timezone information in the locations where different offsets are used
-changes have been made to civil time.
+in different days of the year or where historical changes have been
+made to civil time.
 .. class:: timezone(offset[, name])