India Timezone pytz possible issue

intz_issue.py

#!/usr/bin/python

import pytz
from datetime import datetime

intz = pytz.timezone('Asia/Kolkata')

nowdt = datetime.now(intz)

todaydt = datetime(2012,6,15,tzinfo=intz)

assert(todaydt.tzinfo == nowdt.tzinfo)
print todaydt
print nowdt

I was facing this issue (below) while using pytz and datetime modules to print the current time in IST.

Traceback (most recent call last): File "/home/7f8865b29c9eb39ef5fed9ed458e8459.py", line 11, in <module> current_time = datetime.datetime.now(pytz.timezone('Asia / Calcutta')) File "/usr/lib/python3/dist-packages/pytz/__init__.py", line 170, in timezone raise UnknownTimeZoneError(zone) pytz.exceptions.UnknownTimeZoneError: 'Asia / Kolkata'

This function works fine in python:
def printTime(): current_time = datetime.datetime.now(pytz.timezone('Asia/Calcutta')) print ("The current time in india is : ") print (current_time)

You might also want to take a look at the different pytz timezones available at - pytz - time zones

import datetime
import pytz
d_month = datetime.datetime.now(tz=pytz.timezone('Asia/Kolkata'))
print(d_month.strftime('%B %d, %Y'))

Hope this will be helpful.

Thanks for telling but can I write Delhi or Bangalore or Mumbai in place-off Kolkata

If you can see that specific location Timezone matching your current time zone you can use that too.

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Thanks for telling but can I write Delhi or Bangalore or Mumbai in place-off Kolkata

Its the same for any. IST is taken from Kolkata only so No Problem