def timezone(zone):
    r''' Return a datetime.tzinfo implementation for the given timezone 

    >>> from datetime import datetime, timedelta
    >>> utc = timezone('UTC')
    >>> eastern = timezone('US/Eastern')
    >>> eastern.zone
    'US/Eastern'
    >>> timezone(unicode('US/Eastern')) is eastern
    True
    >>> utc_dt = datetime(2002, 10, 27, 6, 0, 0, tzinfo=utc)
    >>> loc_dt = utc_dt.astimezone(eastern)
    >>> fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z (%z)'
    >>> loc_dt.strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 01:00:00 EST (-0500)'
    >>> (loc_dt - timedelta(minutes=10)).strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 00:50:00 EST (-0500)'
    >>> eastern.normalize(loc_dt - timedelta(minutes=10)).strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 01:50:00 EDT (-0400)'
    >>> (loc_dt + timedelta(minutes=10)).strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 01:10:00 EST (-0500)'

    Raises UnknownTimeZoneError if passed an unknown zone.

    >>> try:
    ...     timezone('Asia/Shangri-La')
    ... except UnknownTimeZoneError:
    ...     print('Unknown')
    Unknown

    >>> try:
    ...     timezone(unicode('\N{TRADE MARK SIGN}'))
    ... except UnknownTimeZoneError:
    ...     print('Unknown')
    Unknown

    '''
    if zone.upper() == 'UTC':
        return utc

    try:
        zone = ascii(zone)
    except UnicodeEncodeError:
        # All valid timezones are ASCII
        raise UnknownTimeZoneError(zone)

    zone = _unmunge_zone(zone)
    if zone not in _tzinfo_cache:
        if zone in all_timezones_set:
            fp = open_resource(zone)
            try:
                _tzinfo_cache[zone] = build_tzinfo(zone, fp)
            finally:
                fp.close()
        else:
            raise UnknownTimeZoneError(zone)

    return _tzinfo_cache[zone]

def timezone(zone):
    r''' Return a datetime.tzinfo implementation for the given timezone

    >>> from datetime import datetime, timedelta
    >>> utc = timezone('UTC')
    >>> eastern = timezone('US/Eastern')
    >>> eastern.zone
    'US/Eastern'
    >>> timezone(u'US/Eastern') is eastern
    True
    >>> utc_dt = datetime(2002, 10, 27, 6, 0, 0, tzinfo=utc)
    >>> loc_dt = utc_dt.astimezone(eastern)
    >>> fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z (%z)'
    >>> loc_dt.strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 01:00:00 EST (-0500)'
    >>> (loc_dt - timedelta(minutes=10)).strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 00:50:00 EST (-0500)'
    >>> eastern.normalize(loc_dt - timedelta(minutes=10)).strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 01:50:00 EDT (-0400)'
    >>> (loc_dt + timedelta(minutes=10)).strftime(fmt)
    '2002-10-27 01:10:00 EST (-0500)'

    Raises UnknownTimeZoneError if passed an unknown zone.

    >>> timezone('Asia/Shangri-La')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    UnknownTimeZoneError: 'Asia/Shangri-La'

    >>> timezone(u'\N{TRADE MARK SIGN}')
    Traceback (most recent call last):
    ...
    UnknownTimeZoneError: u'\u2122'
    '''
    if zone.upper() == 'UTC':
        return utc

    try:
        zone = zone.encode('US-ASCII')
    except UnicodeEncodeError:
        # All valid timezones are ASCII
        raise UnknownTimeZoneError(zone)

    zone = _unmunge_zone(zone)
    if zone not in _tzinfo_cache:
        if resource_exists(zone):
            _tzinfo_cache[zone] = build_tzinfo(zone, open_resource(zone))
        else:
            raise UnknownTimeZoneError(zone)

    return _tzinfo_cache[zone]