pytz utc conversion

Question

What is the right way to convert a naive time and a tzinfo into an UTC time? Say I have:

d = datetime(2009, 8, 31, 22, 30, 30)
tz = timezone(\'U         


        

Answer 1

What is the right way to convert a naive time and a tzinfo into an utc time?

This answer enumerates some issues with converting a local time to UTC:

from datetime import datetime
import pytz # $ pip install pytz

d = datetime(2009, 8, 31, 22, 30, 30)
tz = pytz.timezone('US/Pacific')

# a) raise exception for non-existent or ambiguous times
aware_d = tz.localize(d, is_dst=None)
## b) assume standard time, adjust non-existent times
#aware_d = tz.normalize(tz.localize(d, is_dst=False))
## c) assume DST is in effect, adjust non-existent times
#aware_d = tz.normalize(tz.localize(naive_d, is_dst=True))

# convert to UTC
utc_d = aware_d.astimezone(pytz.utc)