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Python Dates and Times in Python (2014) Where on Earth do Timezones Make Sense? Timezone Strings

Posted by MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
10,209 Points

Create a function named to_timezone that takes a timezone name as a string. Convert starter to that timezone using pytz'

Create a function named to_timezone that takes a timezone name as a string. Convert starter to that timezone using pytz's timezones and return the new datetime.

timezone.py 
import datetime

import pytz

starter = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 23, 29))

def to_timezone(tz):
  new_tz = pytz.timezone('US/Pacific')
  return starter.astimezone(tz)

2 Answers

Jeremy Fisk
Jeremy Fisk
7,768 Points
Jeremy Fisk
Jeremy Fisk
7,768 Points

your function argument should be the same variable that goes into your pytz line as follows new_tz = pytz.timezone(tz)

you then take new_tz and use it in the next line of code, stating:

starter_new = starter.astimezone(new_tz)

then return starter_new

MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
10,209 Points
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
MUZ140348 Sympathy Makururu
10,209 Points

Thank you Jeremy Fisk it worked. 

starter = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 23, 29))
def to_timezone(tz):
  new_tz = pytz.timezone(tz)
  starter_new = starter.astimezone(new_tz)
  return starter_new