Ambiguous local time converts wrong
Review this Python code that converts a logged local timestamp to UTC for storage (drivers log in their local zone).
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1from datetime import datetime
2from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
3
4def to_utc(local_str, tzname):
5 # local_str like '2026-11-01 01:30:00', tzname like 'America/New_York'
6 naive = datetime.strptime(local_str, '%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S')
7 return naive.replace(tzinfo=ZoneInfo(tzname)).astimezone(ZoneInfo('UTC'))
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