Python: Generate RFC 3339 timestamp

Python Datetime: Exercise-51 with Solution

Write a Python program to generate RFC 3339 timestamp.

Sample Solution:

Python Code:

# Import the datetime and timezone classes from the datetime module
from datetime import datetime, timezone

# Get the current UTC time and convert it to the local timezone
local_time = datetime.now(timezone.utc).astimezone()

# Print an empty line for formatting purposes
print()
# Print the local time in ISO 8601 format
print(local_time.isoformat())
# Print an empty line for formatting purposes
print()

Output:

2017-05-08T17:30:34.009056+05:30

Explanation:

In the exercise above,

• The code imports the "datetime" and "timezone" classes from the "datetime" module.
• It gets the current time in UTC timezone using "datetime.now(timezone.utc)".
• It converts the UTC time to the local timezone using the "astimezone()" method.
• It prints the local time in ISO 8601 format using the "isoformat()" method, which represents the datetime object in a standardized format.

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