Understanding Datetimes in Programming

Posted by NIYONSHUTI Emmanuel on November 23, 2025 under programming

Dates, times and datetimes can be confusing in programming. This blog explains what they are and how Python handles them, focusing on naive and aware datetimes. I'm using Python 3.12, which is when they started recommending `datetime.now(UTC)` over the now-deprecated `datetime.utcnow()`.