python get current time in specific timezone code example

Example 1: python time now other timezone

#as an aware datetime
from datetime import datetime, timezone

utc_dt = datetime.now(timezone.utc) # UTC time
dt = utc_dt.astimezone() # local time


#or from pytz database
import pytz

tz = pytz.timezone('Europe/Berlin')
berlin_now = datetime.now(tz)

Example 2: get local timezone python

import datetime

now = datetime.datetime.now()
local_now = now.astimezone()
local_tz = local_now.tzinfo
local_tzname = local_tz.tzname(local_now)
print(local_tzname)