How to get python to display current time (eastern)

Question

How can I get Python to display the time in eastern?

I\'ve looked over the python documentation but it\'s pretty confusing. I\'m using Python 3.

Thanks.

Answer 1

Pytz library should be useful. Using Pytz (supports > 2.3) below code can get you the time according to eastern timezone.

from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from pytz import timezone

eastern = timezone('US/Eastern')
fmt = '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z%z'
loc_dt = eastern.localize(datetime(2012, 10, 29, 6, 0, 0))
print loc_dt.strftime(fmt)