Timezone aware object using pytz
You can also use the pytz module to create timezone-aware objects.
For this, we will store the current date and time in a new variable using the datetime.now() function of datetime module and then we will add the timezone using timezone function of pytz module.
Python3
# Importing the datetime moduleimport datetimeimport pytz# Storing the current date and time in# a new variable using the datetime.now()# function of datetime module and adding the timezone# using timezone function of pytz module.current_date = datetime.datetime.now(pytz.timezone('Africa/Abidjan'))# Printing the value of current_dateprint(current_date) |
Output:
2021-08-30 04:35:37.036990+00:00
Now let’s check if the object is timezone aware or not using the method we used in the 1st section of the article.
Python3
# Importing the datetime moduleimport datetimeimport pytz# Storing the current date and time in# a new variable using the datetime.now()# function of datetime module and adding the timezone# using timezone function of pytz module.current_date = datetime.datetime.now(pytz.timezone('Africa/Abidjan'))# Checking the timezone information of the# object stored in tzinfo base classif current_date.tzinfo == None or current_date.\tzinfo.utcoffset(current_date)== None: # If passes the above condition then # the object is unaware print("Unaware")else: # Else printing "Aware" print("Aware") # Printing the value of current_dateprint(current_date) |
Output:
Aware 2021-08-30 04:46:40.670455+00:00
How to make a timezone aware datetime object in Python
In this example, we are going to see how to make a timezone-aware DateTime object in Python.
Timezone-aware objects are Python DateTime or time objects that include timezone information. An aware object represents a specific moment in time that is not open to interpretation.
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