What is Timestamp.astimezone() in pandas?

Overview

Timestamp.astimezone() from the pandas software library is used to convert the timezone-aware Timestamp into another time zone.

Syntax

Timestamp.astimezone(tz)
Syntax for Timestamp.astimezone()
import pandas as pd
ts = pd.Timestamp('2021-02-10 01:15:52.192348551+0800', tz='UTC')
print(ts)
ts.astimezone('Europe/Berlin')
print(ts)
import pandas as pd
ts= pd.Timestamp(year = 2022,  month = 1, day = 31,
        hour = 12, minute = 49, tz = 'Asia/Tokyo')
# Convert to Tokyo time zone:
ts.astimezone(tz='US/Central')
print(ts)

  • Line 2: We create Timestamp() instance, with year, month, day, hour, minute and time zone UTC as an additional argument.

  • Line 5: We change the time zone to US/Central.

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