tzdate.py

# tzdate - helper functions for using timezones from dateutil. utcnow and localnow.

import datetime
from dateutil import tz

UTC_TZ = tz.gettz('UTC')
LOCAL_TZ = tz.gettz()
 
def utcnow():
    return datetime.datetime.now(UTC_TZ)
 
def localnow():
    return datetime.datetime.now(LOCAL_TZ)
 
def naive_to_tz(naive_date, target_tz):
    b = list(naive_date.timetuple())[:-2]
    b.append(LOCAL_TZ)
    return datetime.datetime(*b)