How to get current time in india in python

How would I get the current timestamp in python of India?

I tried time.ctime() and datetime.utcnow() also datetime.now()but they all return a different time than here it is in india.

The codes above return the time that not match the current time on my computer. and the time in my computer is definitely correct.

3 Answers

from pytz import timezone
from datetime import datetime
ind_time = datetime.now(timezone("Asia/Kolkata")).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f')
print(ind_time)
>>> "2020-08-28 11:56:37.010822"

You can use timedelta object in datetime module:

since the Indian Standard Time (IST) is 5.5 hours ahead of Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), we can shift the UTC time to 5hrs and 30 mins.

import datetime as dt
dt_India = dt.datetime.utcnow() + dt.timedelta(hours=5, minutes=30)
Indian_time = dt_India.strftime('%d-%b-%y %H:%M:%S')
UTC_time = dt.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%d-%b-%y %H:%M:%S')
max_len = len(max(['UTC Time', 'Indian Time'], key=len))
print(f"{'UTC Time' :<{max_len}} - {UTC_time}")
print(f"{'Indian Time':<{max_len}} - {Indian_time}")

Result:-

UTC Time - 12-Jul-21 11:23:53
Indian Time - 12-Jul-21 16:53:53

You can do it with pytz:

import datetime,pytz
dtobj1=datetime.datetime.utcnow() #utcnow class method
print(dtobj1)
dtobj3=dtobj1.replace(tzinfo=pytz.UTC) #replace method
#print(pytz.all_timezones) => To see all timezones
dtobj_india=dtobj3.astimezone(pytz.timezone("Asia/Calcutta")) #astimezone method
print(dtobj_india)

result:

2020-08-28 06:01:13.833290
2020-08-28 11:31:13.833290+05:30