Python datetime.utcnow() returning incorrect datetime

Question

datetime.utcnow() 

This call is returning an incorrect datetime, delayed from UTC/GMT by 1 hour (check in: http://www.worldtimeserver.com/current_time_in_UTC.asp).

Is it working like it should be?

For example, it's returning, right now:

2015-02-17 23:58:44.761000. 

Current UTC time is: 00:58, not 23:58

Answer 1

I know I'm five years late, but I had the same problem tonight. In my experience, the solution to the problem was to use the aware UTC datetime:

utc_dt_aware = datetime.datetime.now(datetime.timezone.utc) 

If you google "utcnow() wrong" this is the first result you get, so I thought it would be good to answer anyway.