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Loh Pin Hua
3,160 PointsIt just doesn't make sense!
I just can't seem to pass this challenge. Can you help me?
import datetime
fmt = '%m-%d %H:%M %Z%z'
starter = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 4, 29)
def to_timezone(new_timezone):
# generate timezone from string
new_tz = pytz.timezone(new_timezone)
# convert starter to new datetime
new_dt = starter.astimezone(new_tz)
# Return new datetime object
local = new_dt
return local
Loh Pin Hua
3,160 PointsJust give me the answer.
3 Answers
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsFor Task 1 you need:
import datetime
import pytz
fmt = '%m-%d %H:%M %Z%z'
starter = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 4, 29)
pacific = pytz.timezone('US/Pacific')
local = pacific.localize(starter)
Loh Pin Hua
3,160 PointsAnd what about task 2?
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsWhat have you tried so far?
Loh Pin Hua
3,160 PointsNothing.
Urs Merkel
Courses Plus Student 4,552 PointsLoh Pin Hua could you specify a little bit, what you don't get?
Did you already read the docs? https://pythonhosted.org//pytz/
Iain Simmons
Treehouse Moderator 32,305 PointsI don't think you can use astimezone on a naive datetime. Instead, use localize on a pytz timezone object and pass the naive datetime to it.
You might also need to import pytz first.
From the pytz docs:
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
>>> from pytz import timezone
>>> import pytz
...
>>> eastern = timezone('US/Eastern')
...
>>> loc_dt = eastern.localize(datetime(2002, 10, 27, 6, 0, 0))
>>> print(loc_dt.strftime(fmt))
2002-10-27 06:00:00 EST-0500
Loh Pin Hua
3,160 PointsI still don't get it.
Chris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsChris Freeman
Treehouse Moderator 68,423 PointsYou should not create a function for this challenge.