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

Posted by Carina De Jager
Carina De Jager
1,779 Points

Pytz

I'm getting just the Bummer try again error. Can someone tell me where I've gone wrong?

pytzstring.py 
import datetime
import pytz


fmt = '%m-%d %H:%M %Z%z'

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

def to_timezone(newtz): 
  return starter.astimezone(pytz.timezone(newtz))

1 Answer

Kenneth Love
STAFF
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher
Kenneth Love
Kenneth Love
Treehouse Guest Teacher

You don't need a function and you don't need to change starter. Just create the new local version of starter using pytz.

You'll want to use pytz's timezone method and the localize method.