{"id":19,"description":"Python - Get current time with timezone info","tags":["python","programming","datetime"],"contents":["# Use pytz.timezone to add timezone info when dealing with datetime","\u003e\u003e\u003e from datetime import datetime","\u003e\u003e\u003e from pytz import timezone","\u003e\u003e\u003e now = datetime.now(tz=timezone(\"EST\"))","\u003e\u003e\u003e now","datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 11, 12, 6, 3, 779069, tzinfo=\u003cStaticTzInfo 'EST'\u003e)","\u003e\u003e\u003e # another way to do the same","... ","\u003e\u003e\u003e eastern = timezone(\"US/Eastern\")","\u003e\u003e\u003e now = eastern.localize(datetime.now())","\u003e\u003e\u003e now.tzinfo","\u003cDstTzInfo 'US/Eastern' EST-1 day, 19:00:00 STD\u003e"]}