Time zone database

Working with Dates and Times in Python

Max Shron

Data Scientist and Author

# Imports
from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import tz

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# Imports
from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import tz

# Eastern time
et = tz.gettz('America/New_York')

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# Imports
from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import tz

# Eastern time
et = tz.gettz('America/New_York')

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Format: 'Continent/City'
Examples:
- 'America/New_York'
- 'America/Mexico_City'
- 'Europe/London'
- 'Africa/Accra'

# Last ride
last = datetime(2017, 12, 30, 15, 9, 3, tzinfo=et)

print(last)

2017-12-30 15:09:03-05:00

# Last ride
last = datetime(2017, 12, 30, 15, 9, 3, tzinfo=et)
print(last)

2017-12-30 15:09:03-05:00

# First ride
first = datetime(2017, 10, 1, 15, 23, 25, tzinfo=et)
print(first)

2017-10-01 15:23:25-04:00

Working with Dates and Times in Python