need to convert UTC (aws ec2) to PST in python

Question

I need to convert UTC time, (on ec2 instance) to PST. I am trying to do this.

from datetime import datetime
from pytz import timezone
import pytz

date_format='%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S %Z'
date = datetime.now()
print 'Current date & time is:', date.strftime(date_format)

my_timezone=timezone('US/Pacific')

date = my_timezone.localize(date)
date = date.astimezone(my_timezone)

print 'Local date & time is  :', date.strftime(date_format)

But the output is:

Current date & time is: 01/10/2012 20:01:14
Local date & time is  : 01/10/2012 20:01:14 PST

Any reason why I am not getting the right PST time?

Answer 1

from datetime import datetime
from pytz import timezone
import pytz

date_format='%m/%d/%Y %H:%M:%S %Z'
date = datetime.now(tz=pytz.utc)
print 'Current date & time is:', date.strftime(date_format)

date = date.astimezone(timezone('US/Pacific'))

print 'Local date & time is  :', date.strftime(date_format)

seems to work for me :) - timezones are confusing, slowly making a plan of what I actually want to do helps me most of the time