Python String to TimeZone Aware ISO8601 datetime format

Asked Jun 06 '23 at 17:43

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from datetime import datetime
import pytz

some_date = "2019-01-01"
tzone = "America/Los_Angeles"
print(tzone)
iso_datetime = datetime.strptime(some_date , "%Y-%m-%d").replace(tzinfo=pytz.timezone(tzone).isoformat()

Present output:

America/Los_Angeles
2019-01-01T00:00:00-07:53

Expected output (?): I checked on the internet, it says, Los Angeles is UTC-7:00. This is fine. But my python answers gives a weird answer -07:53. What is wrong here?

2019-01-01T00:00:00-07:00

edited Jun 07 '23 at 10:07

FObersteiner

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Wrong way to use pytz. You need to use their localize function. – Mark Ransom Jun 06 '23 at 18:50
@MarkRansom can you show how? – Mainland Jun 06 '23 at 18:57
@MarkRansom I got it now: `pytz.timezone('America/Los_Angeles').localize(datetime.strptime("2022-01-01","%Y-%m-%d"))` gives `2022-01-01 00:00:00-08:00` – Mainland Jun 06 '23 at 19:29
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besides, Python >= 3.9 has [zoneinfo](https://docs.python.org/3/library/zoneinfo.html) if you don't *have* to use pytz for some reason... – FObersteiner Jun 06 '23 at 19:43

Python String to TimeZone Aware ISO8601 datetime format

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