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Asked: 2026-05-15T15:08:34+00:00

In Python, how do you find what UTC time offset the computer is set

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In Python, how do you find what UTC time offset the computer is set to?

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    gmtime() will return the UTC time and localtime() will return the local time so subtracting the two should give you the utc offset.

    From https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/009695399/functions/gmtime.html

    The gmtime() function shall convert the time in seconds since the Epoch pointed to by timer into a broken-down time, expressed as Coordinated Universal Time (UTC).

    So, despite the name gmttime, the function returns UTC.

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