Working with Datetime Objects and Timezones in Python

Sharing how to change timezones in Python

Converting ISO 8601 Format to datetime (KST)

Example Explanation

non_kst_date = '2020-10-23T10:36:05+03:00'

• This is a string in ISO 8601 Format with UTC +03:00

seoul_timezone = pytz.timezone('Asia/Seoul')

• You can set the timezone using the pytz library

parsed_date = datetime.strptime(non_kst_date, '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z')

• Converts the string format to a datetime object

kst_date = parsed_date.astimezone(seoul_timezone)

• Converts the datetime object to the Asia/Seoul timezone

Done!