Date and time in Python

date_utils.py

import datetime
from datetime import timezone

# Get timezone unaware current date time
print(datetime.datetime.now()) # 2020-09-18 22:17:52.878325

# Get timezone unaware current date time in UTC
print(datetime.datetime.utcnow()) # 2020-09-18 16:48:17.822981
# Preferred way is to use 'now' and pass it a timezone
print(datetime.datetime.now(timezone.utc)) # 2020-09-18 16:48:17.822981

# Get timezone aware current date time
print(datetime.datetime.now().astimezone()) # 2020-09-18 22:18:43.722671+05:30

# Get timezone aware current date time in UTC
print(datetime.datetime.utcnow().astimezone(timezone.utc)) # 2020-09-18 16:49:06.660544+00:00