**`TZPATH`** is a read-only global variable that is of datatype `tuple` in the `zoneinfo` module.

`TZPATH` holds paths to search for timezone files in the IANA timezone database during the creation of a `zoneinfo.ZoneInfo` object.

`TZPATH` only contains an absolute path and can be changed with the `reset_tzpath()` function. 

> Note: The `zoneinfo` module is included in Python version 3.9 or later.


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## Syntax

```
zoneinfo.TZPATH
```

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## Code 
## Example 1

In the code snippet below, we import the `zoneinfo` module and print the `TZPATH` with `zoneinfo.TZPATH` to the console. This outputs the tuple that contains the paths.

example1

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## Example 2

Since `TZPATH` returns a tuple, we loop through `zoneinfo.TZPATH` in the code below and individually print it to the console.

import zoneinfo
for path in zoneinfo.TZPATH:
  print(path)

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## Understanding the paths

When a `ZoneInfo` instance is created from a key, the zone file is constructed from the "first data source on the path where the key exists." The key is joined to each entry in the `TZPATH`.

> Note: Run the code above to understand the paths provided in this example.

Let's say:

* `/usr/lib/zoneinfo` contains only `America/Los_Angeles`

and: 

* `/etc/zoneinfo` contains both `America/Los_Angeles` and `Asia/Tokyo` 

In this scenario: 

```
ZoneInfo("America/Los_Angeles") 
```

would be satisfied by this path: `/usr/lib/zoneinfo/America/Los_Angeles`, while: 

```
ZoneInfo("Asia/Tokyo")
```
would be satisfied by `/etc/zoneinfo/Asia/Tokyo` this time zone path.






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What is Python zoneinfo.TZPATH?

TZPATH, a read-only tuple in Python's zoneinfo module, holds paths to timezone files for creating ZoneInfo objects.