Yes, you need the pytz
library:
import datetime, pytz
zoneName = 'America/New_York'
now = datetime.datetime.now(pytz.timezone(zoneName))
returns:
datetime.datetime(2011, 3, 16, 1, 39, 33, 87375, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'America/New_York' EDT-1 day, 20:00:00 DST>)
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