timezone-offset

Polars add/substract utc offset from datetime object

Polars add/substract utc offset from datetime object Question: I wanted to add/subtract the UTC offset (usually in hours) to/from the datetime object in polars but I don’t seem to see a way to do this. the UTC offset can be dynamic given there’s Day Light Saving period comes into play in a calendar year. (e.g., …

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Python pytz timezone function returns a timezone that is off by 9 minutes

Python pytz timezone function returns a timezone that is off by 9 minutes Question: For some reason which I haven’t been able to figure out yet, from the the following code: >>> from pytz import timezone >>> timezone(‘America/Chicago’) I get: <DstTzInfo ‘America/Chicago’ LMT-1 day, 18:09:00 STD> When, I assume, I should get: <DstTzInfo ‘America/Chicago’ LMT-1 …

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Get system local timezone in python

Get system local timezone in python Question: Seems strange, but I cannot find an easy way to find the local timezone using pandas/pytz in Python. I can do: >>> pd.Timestamp(‘now’, tz=’utc’).isoformat() Out[47]: ‘2016-01-28T09:36:35.604000+00:00’ >>> pd.Timestamp(‘now’).isoformat() Out[48]: ‘2016-01-28T10:36:41.830000’ >>> pd.Timestamp(‘now’).tz_localize(‘utc’) – pd.Timestamp(‘now’, tz=’utc’) Out[49]: Timedelta(‘0 days 01:00:00’) Which will give me the timezone, but this is …

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Getting the correct timezone offset in Python using local timezone

Getting the correct timezone offset in Python using local timezone Question: Ok let me first start by saying my timezone is CET/CEST. The exact moment it changes from CEST to CET (back from DST, which is GMT+2, to normal, which GMT+1, thus) is always the last Sunday of October at 3AM. In 2010 this was …

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