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Is 3.3 message better?
>>> datetime.now(tz=X())
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: offset must be a timedelta strictly between -timedelta(hours=24) and timedelta(hours=24).
In 2.7, the message is indeed misleading:
>>> datetime.now(tz=X())
Traceback (most recent call last):
 File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: tzinfo.utcoffset() returned 1440; must be in -1439 .. 1439
I am not sure fixing this in 2.x is worth the trouble, but I would consider improving the message in 3.x by adding information about the actual offset. I vaguely remember that there was a reason for leaving that info out in 3.x.