How do I print a datetime in the local timezone?
Solution 1:
This script demonstrates a few ways to show the local timezone using astimezone()
:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
import pytz
from datetime import datetime, timezone
from tzlocal import get_localzone
utc_dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
PST = pytz.timezone('US/Pacific')
EST = pytz.timezone('US/Eastern')
JST = pytz.timezone('Asia/Tokyo')
NZST = pytz.timezone('Pacific/Auckland')
print("Pacific time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone(PST).isoformat()))
print("Eastern time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone(EST).isoformat()))
print("UTC time {}".format(utc_dt.isoformat()))
print("Japan time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone(JST).isoformat()))
# Use astimezone() without an argument
print("Local time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone().isoformat()))
# Use tzlocal get_localzone
print("Local time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone(get_localzone()).isoformat()))
# Explicitly create a pytz timezone object
# Substitute a pytz.timezone object for your timezone
print("Local time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone(NZST).isoformat()))
It outputs the following:
$ ./timezones.py
Pacific time 2019-02-22T17:54:14.957299-08:00
Eastern time 2019-02-22T20:54:14.957299-05:00
UTC time 2019-02-23T01:54:14.957299+00:00
Japan time 2019-02-23T10:54:14.957299+09:00
Local time 2019-02-23T14:54:14.957299+13:00
Local time 2019-02-23T14:54:14.957299+13:00
Local time 2019-02-23T14:54:14.957299+13:00
As of python 3.6 calling astimezone()
without a timezone object defaults to the local zone (docs). This means you don't need to import tzlocal
and can simply do the following:
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from datetime import datetime, timezone
utc_dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc)
print("Local time {}".format(utc_dt.astimezone().isoformat()))
Solution 2:
Think your should look around: datetime.astimezone()
http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.astimezone
Also see pytz module - it's quite easy to use -- as example:
eastern = timezone('US/Eastern')
http://pytz.sourceforge.net/
Example:
from datetime import datetime
import pytz
from tzlocal import get_localzone # $ pip install tzlocal
utc_dt = datetime(2009, 7, 10, 18, 44, 59, 193982, tzinfo=pytz.utc)
print(utc_dt.astimezone(get_localzone())) # print local time
# -> 2009-07-10 14:44:59.193982-04:00
Solution 3:
I believe the best way to do this is to use the LocalTimezone
class defined in the datetime.tzinfo
documentation (goto http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#tzinfo-objects and scroll down to the "Example tzinfo classes" section):
Assuming Local
is an instance of LocalTimezone
t = datetime.datetime(2009, 7, 10, 18, 44, 59, 193982, tzinfo=utc)
local_t = t.astimezone(Local)
then str(local_t)
gives:
'2009-07-11 04:44:59.193982+10:00'
which is what you want.
(Note: this may look weird to you because I'm in New South Wales, Australia which is 10 or 11 hours ahead of UTC)