tzname() method is used in the DateTime class of module DateTime. This method is used to return the time zone name of the DateTime object passed, as a string.
Syntax:
tzname()
Return type:
It will return the time zone name of the DateTime object passed, as a string.
So first we need to import the module DateTime, and to get the timezone of the exact place we will simply pass the DateTime stamp generated by datetime.now() function to the tzname() function.
Example 1: Python program that will return the tzinfo() which is none
Python3
# import datetime module from datetime import datetime # import pytz module import pytz # get the datetime of the present dt = datetime.now() # Tzinfo is missing from the time object print(dt) # display tz info for the dt print(dt.tzinfo) print("Timezone:", dt.tzname()) print() |
Output:
2021-08-06 02:58:15.162869
None
Timezone: None
It is also possible to get the timezone of some other place by explicitly adding the timezone.
Example 2: Python program to add timezone for Asia/Kolkata and get the timezone details
Python3
# import datetime module from datetime import datetime # import pytz module import pytz # get the datetime of the present dt = datetime.now() # Tzinfo is missing from the time object print(dt) # display tz info for the dt print(dt.tzinfo) print("Timezone:", dt.tzname()) print() # Adding a timezone for asia /kolkate timezone = pytz.timezone("Asia/Kolkata") # getting the timezone using localize method mydt = timezone.localize(dt) print(mydt) # getting the time zone info using tzinfo method print("Tzinfo:", mydt.tzinfo) # display time zone name using tzname print("Timezone name:", mydt.tzname()) |
Output:
2021-08-06 03:00:44.949286
None
Timezone: None
2021-08-06 03:00:44.949286+05:30
Tzinfo: Asia/Kolkata
Timezone name: IST
Example 3: Getting the timezone details for asia/Tokyo
Python3
# import datetime module from datetime import datetime # import pytz module import pytz # get the datetime of the present dt = datetime.now() # Tzinfo is missing from the time object print(dt) # display tz info for the dt print(dt.tzinfo) print("Timezone:", dt.tzname()) print() # Adding a timezone for asia /Tokyo timezone = pytz.timezone("Asia/Tokyo") # getting the timezone using localize method mydt = timezone.localize(dt) print(mydt) # getting the time zone info using tzinfo method print("Tzinfo:", mydt.tzinfo) # display time zone name using tzname print("Timezone name:", mydt.tzname()) |
Output:
2021-08-06 03:02:02.569770
None
Timezone: None
2021-08-06 03:02:02.569770+09:00
Tzinfo: Asia/Tokyo
Timezone name: JST