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Convert a Python DateTime object from one timezone to another timezone. This snippet accepts either a naive or aware DateTime object.
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# code/timezone.py import datetime as dt import pytz def to_timezone(datetime_value, tz): """ Convert the given datetime object to a datetime object with the given timezone. Accepts both aware and naive datetime objects Parameters ---------- datetime_value: datetime.datetime tz: pytz.timezone Returns ------- datetime.datetime """ if not isinstance(datetime_value, dt.datetime): raise SyntaxError if not hasattr(tz, "zone") or tz.zone not in pytz.all_timezones: raise SyntaxError if ( datetime_value.tzinfo is not None and datetime_value.tzinfo.utcoffset(datetime_value) is not None ): datetime_value = datetime_value.astimezone(tz) else: datetime_value = tz.localize(datetime_value) return datetime_value Found a typo?
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