How to set UTC offset for datetime?

Question

My Python-based web server needs to perform some date manipulation using the client\'s timezone, represented by its UTC offset. How do I construct a datetime object with the spe

Answer 1

Using dateutil:

>>> import datetime
>>> import dateutil.tz
>>> datetime.datetime(2013, 9, 11, 0, 17, tzinfo=dateutil.tz.tzoffset(None, 9*60*60))
datetime.datetime(2013, 9, 11, 0, 17, tzinfo=tzoffset(None, 32400))
>>> datetime.datetime(2013, 9, 11, 0, 17, tzinfo=dateutil.tz.tzoffset('KST', 9*60*60))
datetime.datetime(2013, 9, 11, 0, 17, tzinfo=tzoffset('KST', 32400))

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>>> dateutil.parser.parse('2013/09/11 00:17 +0900')
datetime.datetime(2013, 9, 11, 0, 17, tzinfo=tzoffset(None, 32400))