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h4tt3n
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6 years ago

Convert a columns of datatype datetimezone to datetime

Hello,   I have a table with timestamped data of datatype datetimezone, eg. 07-08-2020 08:00:00 + 02:00.  How do I convert this to datetime in a way that takes tz info into account, eg. 07-08-2020...
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6 years ago

orry, this simply discards timezone info, it doesn't incorporate it into the time. However, I have found the solution with a python script.

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5 years ago

Hi, Can you share the steps you used to add the timestamp to the date using python

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    5 years ago

    Macc-PA I think this is the script. After all, it's one year ago, and we ended up not using it anyway.

    import pytz
    import datetime

    tz = pytz.timezone('Europe/Copenhagen')
    dt = datetime.datetime.utcnow()

    offset_seconds = tz.utcoffset(dt).seconds

    offset_hours = offset_seconds / 3600.0

    #print ("{:+d}:{:02d}".format(int(offset_hours), int((offset_hours % 1) * 60)))

    print( offset_hours )
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      5 years ago

      Thanks for that - in the end we didnt need to use it.

       

      The problem was solved by ensuring our odata datasource was sending the datetime as UTC, ie not converting it to local time.

       

      Once that happened,  converting the column to DataTime applied the UTC offset as expected even for datetimes where daylight saving was involved.