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diff --git a/gen_pot.py b/gen_pot.py
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+from __future__ import print_function
+import sys
+import os.path
+import time
+from gen_tzinfo import allzones
+
+from pytz import __version__
+
+boilerplate = r"""msgid ""
+msgstr ""
+"Project-Id-Version: pytz %s\n"
+"POT-Creation-Date: %s\n"
+"Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8\n"
+
+""" % (
+    __version__,
+    time.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M+UTC', time.gmtime(time.time()))
+)
+
+
+def main():
+    assert len(sys.argv) == 2, 'Output file not specified on command line'
+    pot_file_name = sys.argv[1]
+
+    if not os.path.exists(os.path.dirname(pot_file_name)):
+        os.makedirs(os.path.dirname(pot_file_name))
+
+    pot = open(pot_file_name, 'wb')
+
+    print(boilerplate, file=pot)
+
+    for zone in allzones():
+        print('msgid "%s"' % zone, file=pot)
+        print('msgstr ""', file=pot)
+        print(file=pot)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    main()