Code RoomDatetime string lacks timezone
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Datetime string lacks timezone

Code reviewCode quality & reviewMid–Senior~25 min

Review this Python that serializes an event for an API.

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1from datetime import datetime
2import json
3 
4def serialize(event):
5 return json.dumps({
6 'name': event['name'],
7 'at': str(datetime.now()),
8 })
9 
10def parse_at(s):
11 return datetime.strptime(s, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
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