TZAwareDate - Pelican plugin that adds two variables to Article objects date_tz: Datetime object that is timezone aware. If the post has a time zone value, it uses that. Otherwise, it applies the TIMEZONE configuration value date_utc: Datetime object that is timezone aware and adjusted to UTC.

tzawaredate.py

"""
Time Zone Aware Date plugin for Pelican
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Adds a datetime object with the selected time zone
"""

from pelican import signals
from datetime import datetime
from dateutil import tz

def add_tz_aware_date(generator):
    timeZone = generator.settings.get('TIMEZONE', 'UTC')
    fromZone = tz.gettz(timeZone)
    toZone = tz.gettz('UTC')

    for article in generator.articles:
    	if article.date.tzinfo is None:
            article.date_tz = article.date.replace(tzinfo=fromZone)
        else:
            article.date_tz = article.date
        article.date_utc = article.date_tz.astimezone(toZone)
	    	
	    	


def register():
    signals.article_generator_finalized.connect(add_tz_aware_date)