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Ben Finney <ben+python@benfinney.id.au> writes:

> Kushal Kumaran <kushal.kumaran@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> Roy Smith <roy@panix.com> writes:
>> > How, in Python, do you get an aware UTC datetime object?
>>
>> My local copy of the python 3.2.3 docs says:
>>
>> classmethod datetime.utcnow()
>>
>>     Return the current UTC date and time, with tzinfo None. This is
>>     like now(), but returns the current UTC date and time, as a naive
>>     datetime object. An aware current UTC datetime can be obtained by
>>     calling datetime.now(timezone.utc). See also now().
>>
>> Hope this helps.
>
> No, that won't do what was asked. The =E2=80=98datetime.datetime.utcnow=
=E2=80=99
> function explicitly returns a naive datetime object, not an aware
> datetime object.
>

Yes, but the documentation for utcnow explicitly tells you how to get
an aware object.

  "An aware current UTC datetime can be obtained by calling
   datetime.now(timezone.utc)."

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regards,
kushal

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