# Copyright 2013 IBM Corp. # # Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not # use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of # the License at # # http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0 # # Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software # distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT # WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the # License for the specific language governing permissions and limitations under # the License. import datetime import pytz import six TIME_FORMAT = "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S.%f%z" def get_utc_now(timezone=None): """Return the current UTC time. :param timezone: an optional timezone param to offset time to. """ utc_datetime = pytz.utc.localize(datetime.datetime.utcnow()) if timezone is not None: try: utc_datetime = utc_datetime.astimezone(pytz.timezone(timezone)) except Exception: utc_datetime.strftime(TIME_FORMAT) return utc_datetime.strftime(TIME_FORMAT) # TODO(mrutkows): validate any cadf:Timestamp (type) record against # CADF schema def is_valid(value): """Validation to ensure timestamp is a string. """ if not isinstance(value, six.string_types): raise ValueError('Timestamp should be a String') return True