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Python datetime | Timezone constructor
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schedule Mar 10, 2022
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expand_more The timezone class is a subclass of tzinfo. Each timezone object represents a timezone defined by a fixed offset from UTC.
Constructor for the timezone class is timezone(offset, name = None)
Argument | Description |
|---|---|
offset | timedelta object representing the difference between the local time and UTC. It must be between -timedelta(hours=24) and timedelta(hours=24) |
name | Optional. String to be used as return value for |
Examples
UTC timezone object
from datetime import timezone, timedelta
# If you need offsets from UTC use timezone(offset, name = None)a = timezone.utcb = timezone(timedelta(0))
print(a)print(b)
UTCUTC
Timezone object for Tokyo
from datetime import timezone, timedelta
# Create timezone object with +09h offset from UTCa = timezone(timedelta(hours=9))print(a)
# Name it 'JST' (Japan Standard Time)a = timezone(timedelta(hours=9),'JST')print(a)
UTC+09:00JST
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Official Python Documentation
https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html#datetime.timezone
