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Python use Datetime to get time in SAST or custom timezone
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Install pytz:

pip install pytz

Python example to get time in GMT+2 or Africa/Johannesburg:

>>> import pytz
>>> from datetime import datetime as dt

>>> dt.now()
datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 1, 7, 41, 31, 808228)
>>> dt.now(pytz.timezone("Africa/Johannesburg"))
datetime.datetime(2021, 10, 1, 9, 44, 6, 922998, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Africa/Johannesburg' SAST+2:00:00 STD>)

>>> dt.now().strftime("%T")
'07:45:36'

>>> sast = "Africa/Johannesburg"
>>> dt.now(pytz.timezone(sast)).strftime("%T")
'09:46:28'
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