The utcnow() function of the Python datetime class

Overview:

The class method utcnow() from the datetime class Python standard library returns the current time in UTC.
The returned datetime object does not have the tzinfo attribute set.
The fold attribute of DateTime object is set to zero and is not writable. Apart from the string of the form 2025-07-29 14:08:55.601448 that can be used for recreating other purposes the DateTime object returned is a timezone naive object.

Example:

# Example Python program that gets the
# current time UTC (Coordinated Universal Time)
# using the Python class method datetime.utcnow()

# import the datetime module
import datetime as dt

# Get UTC time using datetime class
utcTime = dt.datetime.now()
print("UTC now:")
print(utcTime)

print("Datetime attributes:")
print("tzinfo:")
print(utcTime.tzinfo)
print("fold:")
print(utcTime.fold)

# The following line will result in an AttributeError
# stating the attribute fold is not writable.
# utcTime.fold = 1

UTC now:
2025-07-29 14:21:27.220166
Datetime attributes:
None
0