How to obtain the current time in the local timezone in pandas
Overview
To obtain the current time in the local time zone in pandas, we use the now() function of Pandas.Timestamp (an equivalent of Python's datetime object).
Syntax
The now() function takes the following syntax:
Timestamp.now(tz=None)
The syntax for the now() function
Parameter value
The now() function takes a single optional parameter value, tz, which represents the local timezone.
Return value
The now() function returns a Timestamp object showing the current time.
Example
# A code to illustrate the now() function in Pandas# importing the pandas libraryimport pandas as pd# obtaining the current timeprint(pd.Timestamp.now())
Explanation
- Line 3: We import the pandas library.
- Line 6: We use the
now()function to obtain the current time and print the value to the console.