How to change time zone of a variable with time

Question

I have a variable that stores a date taken from a JSON file:

I have to change the time zone to what is currently in Thailand. Simply put, add 6 hours to the current time with a possible change of date. How can I easily change the time zone? I tried to use datetime library for this, but it did not bring any results.

Please paste the time instead of putting an image. – Raj Dec 18 '19 at 16:17 — Raj, Dec 18 '19 at 16:17

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 18 '19 at 16:11

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Use datetime.strptime to convert it to a datetime object and then add the offset hours using timedelta.

answered Dec 18 '19 at 16:11

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pjoe · Answer 2 · 2019-12-18T17:11:55.017

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Something like this:

from datetime import datetime, timezone, timedelta

d = datetime.fromisoformat("2019-12-18T15:20:58.950911+01:00")
print(d)
d2 = d.astimezone(timezone(timedelta(hours=6)))
print(d2)

Output:

2019-12-18 15:20:58.950911+01:00
2019-12-18 20:20:58.950911+06:00

UPDATE: If using python < 3.7, fromisoformat isn't avaiable, so you should use strptime instead, see e.g.: https://stackoverflow.com/a/10805633/2495746

edited Dec 18 '19 at 17:11

answered Dec 18 '19 at 16:20

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`datetime.fromisoformat` only works for python >= 3.7 – Raj Dec 18 '19 at 16:27

How to change time zone of a variable with time

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