Locale-Sensitive Python Method

classmethod datetime.now(tz=None)

Internationalization (I18n) Method Overview

The now method returns a datetime object with the the current timezone.

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I18n Issues

The now method defaults to the current time zone. You may want to specify the UTC time zone with now(timezone.utc).

Because naive datetime objects are treated by many datetime methods as local times, it is preferred to use aware datetimes to represent times in UTC. The recommended way to create an object representing the current time in UTC is by calling datetime.now(timezone.utc).

In general, you should store dates and times in the UTC time zone and then display using the user's locale.

Please see Times and Dates for more information.

Globalyzer will detect this method and report it as an I18n issue. If you have determined that the call is being handled correctly, you can use Globalyzer's Ignore Comment functionality to ensure that it isn't picked up in a subsequent scan.

Locale-Sensitive Python Methods