How to add timezone to datetime in Python

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(datetime.utcnow()+datetime.timedelta(hours=8))

This code doesn't seem to work in Python 3 when I'm trying to print my local timezone.

Kindly go through this: https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html — aryanveer, Aug 09 '20 at 06:52

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Aug 09 '20 at 06:51

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from datetime import datetime
import pytz

tz_NY = pytz.timezone('America/New_York') 
datetime_NY = datetime.now(tz_NY)
print("NY time:", datetime_NY.strftime("%H:%M:%S"))

And the easy way is,

from datetime import datetime, timezone

utc_dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

print("Local time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone().isoformat()))

answered Aug 09 '20 at 06:51

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Accepted your answer! – PhillipDev Aug 09 '20 at 08:37

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Aug 09 '20 at 07:05

Python docs recommend to use the pytz module.

pip install pytz

>>> import datetime
>>> import pytz
>>> dt_now = datetime.datetime.now(tz = pytz.UTC)
>>> print(dt_now)
2020-08-09 07:02:20.863890+00:00

Here is the documentation on pytz for more info.

How to add timezone to datetime in Python

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