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Datetime timezone support

See original GitHub issue

Currently I am unable to set timezone for cases like this:

processed_at = mimesis('datetime')

But I would like to do something like:

# To select random tz:
processed_at = mimesis('datetime', timezone=True)  # True should be a default, here I am just explicitly calling it

processed_at = mimesis('datetime', timezone=some_specific_tz)

I am not sure about the dependecies. Timezone support out-of-the-box is limited, we almost always use something like pytz.

So, maybe in this case we will just implement the second case. Leaving timezone support optional. And only enabling passed in timezone.

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Created 5 years ago
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ghostcommented, Aug 2, 2018

@lk-geimfari got it. Thanks

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lk-geimfaricommented, Oct 16, 2018

Implemented in #539

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