ntptime.py settime() does not cope with errors
This arose in the forum.
If an exception occurs in the time() function, msg is not updated so a value of -NTP_DELTA is returned. If this is the intended mechanism for reporting exceptions, settime() should check for this and avoid updating the RTC.
Or perhaps the finally clause in time() should re-raise the exception?
Timezone support for "time" module
From the release notes of MicroPython ESP8266 firmware v1.8 is clear, ntptime only supports UTC. I agree, time zone handling is out of the focus of ntptime. But it would be nice, if ntptime.settime() would support a offset argument, which is be added to ntptime.time() before setting the rtc.
Something like ntptime.settime(offset=2*3600) to provide CEST.
Then, getting the local time is easy as time.localtime() (if #2097 is solved).
I believe, this is a simple api enhancement. Later, a timezone module may calculate the offset by time zone and daylight saving.
I can provide a pull request, but I am not sure about the api and what unit (seconds, minutes or hours) is advisable for the offset. Also the PR may conflict with #2121 .