How to make a timezone aware datetime object in Python?
In general, to make a naive datetime timezone-aware, use the localize method: import datetime import pytz unaware = datetime.datetime(2011, 8, 15, 8, 15, 12, 0) aware = datetime.datetime(2011, 8, 15, 8, 15, 12, 0, pytz.UTC) now_aware = pytz.utc.localize(unaware) assert aware == now_aware For the UTC timezone, it is not really necessary to use localize since … Read more