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

Posted by Rujuta Shinde
Rujuta Shinde
1,712 Points

need help with this question

import datetime

naive = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 4, 29) pacific = datetime.timezone(hours=-8) hill_valley = naive.replace(tzinfo=pacific)

aware.py 
import datetime

naive = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 4, 29)
pacific = datetime.timezone(hours=-8)
hill_valley = naive.replace(tzinfo=pacific)

1 Answer

Kirsten Smith
Kirsten Smith
3,484 Points
Kirsten Smith
Kirsten Smith
3,484 Points

The issue is when you are setting what pacific is. To set a timezone, the offset argument needs to be a TIMEDELTA object, so simply setting it to hours is not enough. Adding datetime.timedelta(hours=8) should do the trick.