time difference between utc and python datetime() time

Question

with python's datetime package, I'm seeing a ~8min time difference between datetime.now().timestamp() and datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, [tz]).timestamp(), when I put now's time in the latter formula. With or without the tz, which is timezone, the 8min difference stays there. Anyone can explain where it went wrong? Thanks!

Answer 1

You can (and should) use tzinfo.localize() instead.

https://stackoverflow.com/a/6411149/1114412