Python: Get Current Time by Timezone - Tuan Nguyen

When building Python programs that run across multiple regions, you often need to work with specific timezones.

Get Current Time in a Specific Timezone

import pytz
from datetime import datetime

# Define timezone
tz = pytz.timezone('Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh')

# Get current time in that timezone
now = datetime.now(tz)
print(now.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S %Z'))
# Output: 2021-08-10 15:30:00 +07

List All Available Timezones

import pytz

for tz in pytz.all_timezones:
    print(tz)

Common Timezones

Region	Timezone String
Vietnam	`Asia/Ho_Chi_Minh`
US Eastern	`America/New_York`
US Pacific	`America/Los_Angeles`
UTC	`UTC`
London	`Europe/London`

Install pytz

pip install pytz