Newbie here - how to integrate with existing ecosystem

[borpin (Brian Orpin)]

Yes but if the original time had a Z in it (implying UTC) Python will convert that as a local time not a UTC time.

Treating of time in Emoncms - UTC or BST

Not processing Z might still be a bug is a feature Issue 35829: datetime: parse "Z" timezone suffix in fromisoformat() - Python tracker. You need to test it yourself. Potentially simply replace the Z for +00:00 in the string first. [edit] datetime.fromisoformat(my_date.replace('Z', '+00:00')) [edit Nov 2023] It occurs to me this will create erroneous results if DST is in effect. I think the Z should just be removed so the time is assumed to be local time when converted.

Just convert it to an integer for absolute safety!

@meneldor

im using python’s arrow lib

Missed that bit, I’m referring to the standard Library.