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How to get time in '2022-12-01T09:13:45Z' this format?

from datetime import datetime
import pytz

# local datetime to ISO Datetime
iso_date = datetime.now().replace(microsecond=0).isoformat()
print('ISO Datetime:', iso_date)

This doesn't give me the required format i want

2022-05-18T13:43:13

I wanted to get the time like '2022-12-01T09:13:45Z'

Solution

  • The time format that you want is known as Zulu time format, the following code changes UTC to Zulu format.

    Example 1

    import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
print(now)

    Output

    #2022-12-01 10:07:06.552326+00:00

    Example 2 (Hack)

    import datetime
now = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc)
now = now.strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')+ now.strftime('.%f')[:4]  + 'Z'
print(now)

    Output

    #2022-12-01T10:06:41.122Z

    Hope this helps. Happy Coding :)