How to Change the time zone in Python logging?

Question

I would like to change the timestamp in the log file so that it reflects my current time zone so that i can debug errors at a faster rate,

is it possible that i can cha

Answer 1

#!/usr/bin/env python
from datetime import datetime
import logging
import time

from pytz import timezone, utc


def main():
    logging.basicConfig(format="%(asctime)s %(message)s",
                        datefmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
    logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
    logger.error("default")

    logging.Formatter.converter = time.localtime
    logger.error("localtime")

    logging.Formatter.converter = time.gmtime
    logger.error("gmtime")

    def customTime(*args):
        utc_dt = utc.localize(datetime.utcnow())
        my_tz = timezone("US/Eastern")
        converted = utc_dt.astimezone(my_tz)
        return converted.timetuple()

    logging.Formatter.converter = customTime
    logger.error("customTime")

    # to find the string code for your desired tz...
    # print(pytz.all_timezones)
    # print(pytz.common_timezones)


if __name__ == "__main__":
    main()

• Ostensibly the pytz package is the blessed way of converting time zones in Python. So we start with datetime, convert, then get the (immutable) time_tuple to match return type of the time methods
• Setting the logging.Formatter.converter function is recommended by this answer: (Python logging: How to set time to GMT).
• Find your favorite TZ code by uncommenting the end lines