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AWS - Python Lambda Function - Set Local Time Zone
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| #!/usr/bin/env python3 | |
| from pytz import timezone | |
| from datetime import datetime | |
| # Get timezone name from a config source ( For example an environment variable LOCAL_TZ='Australia/Sydney' ) | |
| def get_local_date_string(time_zone: str) -> str: | |
| """Get Local Date String | |
| Args: | |
| time_zone (str): Unix timezone name (e.g 'Australia/Sydney') | |
| Returns: | |
| str: Localised and formatted datetime string | |
| """ | |
| # set time zone | |
| local_zone = timezone(time_zone) | |
| # localise current UTC time to timezone | |
| utc_dt = datetime.utcnow() | |
| local_time = utc_dt.astimezone(local_zone) | |
| # format the local time to the desired format (update this as required) | |
| fmt = "%Y-%m-%d-%H-%M" | |
| local_time_fmt = local_time.strftime(fmt) | |
| return local_time_fmt |
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