Python: Generate RFC 3339 timestamp

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51. RFC 3339 Timestamp Generator

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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