Simple debug print statements

debug_print.py

from datetime import datetime
import pytz

def debug_print(msg, timezone="US/Eastern"):
    """Print a time-stamped debug message."""
    UTC_now = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.utcnow())
    now = UTC_now.astimezone(pytz.timezone(timezone))
    now_date = now.strftime("%Y_%m_%d")
    now_time = now.strftime("%H:%M:%S")
    print("[{} @ {}] : {}".format(now_date, now_time, msg))