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Daniel
Daniel

Reputation: 1575

Python: Convert to local time

I have a python datetime object in a database, and it is stored in UTC timezone:

2012-10-24 14:10:00+00:00

I am able to convert it to local time, using

start_localtime = start.replace(tzinfo=tz.gettz('Europe/Zurich'))

start_localtime is now: 2012-10-24 14:10:00+02:00

Which is fine, technically. But I need the timezone be +00:00, so the hour would be 16 (+2 hours).

Is there a way to do it?

Upvotes: 0

Views: 1066

Answers (1)

Nihathrael
Nihathrael

Reputation: 515

Have you tried using datetime.astimezone()?

http://docs.python.org/2/library/datetime.html#datetime.datetime.astimezone

I figured out a way to do it using the pytz library: http://pypi.python.org/pypi/pytz/

>>> import pytz
>>> from pytz import timezone
>>> a = datetime.now(timezone("UTC"))
>>> b = a.astimezone(timezone("Europe/Zurich"))
>>> a
datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 12, 10, 39, 20, 158993, tzinfo=<UTC>)
>>> b
datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 12, 11, 39, 20, 158993, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Europe/Zurich' CET+1:00:00 STD>)
>>> b.utcoffset()
datetime.timedelta(0, 3600)

Upvotes: 2

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