Tag Archive for 'timezone'

Timezones in Python

  • I had a Python datetime object, T.
  • I knew it was in Eastern time and wanted to convert to UTC.
  • I also wanted it to keep track of daylight savings time, for when I have dates later in the year.
  • Python datetime objects have “support” for timezone info, but you have to implement it yourself. Read: more coding overhead that I’m trying to avoid.

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