Using Python's datetime module, can I get the year that UTC-11 is currently in?

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I would like to get the year that the UTC-11 timezone (the last timezone to enter the new year) is currently in, but I'm not sure how to do this.

I have access to the pytz library, as well as Django's new timezone module, and I'm using timezone-aware, UTC datetime objects.

What's missing from the demo code at [pytz home page](http://pytz.sourceforge.net/)? — Miki Tebeka, Dec 26 '12 at 16:19

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 26 '12 at 16:24

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The easiest would be to skip the timezone processing entirely, and just use timedelta(hours=11) to subtract from the datetime and look at the year attribute.

>>> (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(hours=11)).year
2012

answered Dec 26 '12 at 16:24

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score 2 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 10:24

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Actually, timezones are a bit trickier than that... You may have timezones with the same offset but with different settings when it comes to power saving dates and such (or even nastier behaviours: https://stackoverflow.com/a/6841479/289011)

I think for this specific case, you may be better off with:

>>> "%s" % (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(hours=11))
'2012-12-26 00:25:30.029864'

Just for the year:

>>> "%s" % (datetime.datetime.utcnow() - datetime.timedelta(hours=11)).year
'2012'

Edit: Yeah, and it's good idea using datetime.utcnow(), not datetime.now()... (my bad)

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answered Dec 26 '12 at 16:25

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Or - just use `format(some_datetime_like_obj, '%Y')` (relating to your "just for the year") – Jon Clements Dec 26 '12 at 16:28

Using Python's datetime module, can I get the year that UTC-11 is currently in?

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