Sometimes, we want to convert local time string to UTC with Python.
In this article, we’ll look at how to convert local time string to UTC with Python.
How to convert local time string to UTC with Python?
To convert local time string to UTC with Python, we can use the astimezone method.
For instance, we write
from datetime import datetime
import pytz
local = pytz.timezone("America/Los_Angeles")
naive = datetime.strptime("2022-2-3 10:11:12", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
local_dt = local.localize(naive, is_dst=None)
utc_dt = local_dt.astimezone(pytz.utc)
to call pytz.timezone to get the time zone.
Then we parse our datetime string as a naive datetime with
naive = datetime.strptime("2022-2-3 10:11:12", "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")
Then we convert it to a local time with
local_dt = local.localize(naive, is_dst=None)
And then we convert it to UTC with
utc_dt = local_dt.astimezone(pytz.utc)
Conclusion
To convert local time string to UTC with Python, we can use the astimezone method.
