Convert UTC datetime string to local datetime

Question

I\'ve never had to convert time to and from UTC. Recently had a request to have my app be timezone aware, and I\'ve been running myself in circles. Lots of information on co

Answer 1

If using Django, you can use the timezone.localtime method:

from django.utils import timezone
date 
# datetime.datetime(2014, 8, 1, 20, 15, 0, 513000, tzinfo=)

timezone.localtime(date)
# datetime.datetime(2014, 8, 1, 16, 15, 0, 513000, tzinfo=)