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

Adam Vasik
Adam Vasik
11,702 Points
Posted by Adam Vasik
Adam Vasik
11,702 Points

Turning naive into aware datetime..

I tried hill_valey = naive.astimezone(pacific), it prints datetime it should print but here it throws a bummer.. I also tried hill_valey = naive.replace(tzinfo=pacific), what this does it doesn't modify naive when printed, prints "datetime - timezone'' #OUTPUT: 2015-10-21 04:29:00-08:00

aware.py 
import datetime


naive = datetime.datetime(2015, 10, 21, 4, 29)
pacific = datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(hours=-8))
hill_valey = naive.astimezone(pacific)

2 Answers

Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,785 Points
Steven Parker
Steven Parker
229,785 Points

In addtion to the spelling of "hill_valey" instead of "hill_valley", the instructions ask for "naive with its tzinfo attribute replaced...", and the different font used for the word "replace" hints at a different operation than the one normally used for adjusting the value as you might do with a previously localized datetime:

hill_valey = naive.astimezone(pacific)       # original
hill_valley = naive.replace(tzinfo=pacific)  # corrected
Adam Vasik
Adam Vasik
11,702 Points
Adam Vasik
Adam Vasik
11,702 Points

Using replace() works turns out I had misspelled variable.