How to set creation_time in SDK method build_secure_message_xml to adjust display to local time

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I am trying to build an extension that will send a secure message on behalf of the customer. I am using build_secure_message_xml and setting creation_time=datetime.datetime.now(). This works fine in sandbox when the extension is running on my laptop. However, now that it has moved to a PTE the sent time that displays in the Messages tab and in Q2 Central is the UTC time when the message was created and not the localtime on the computer. Is there a recommended way to deal with timestamps in the SDK?

		
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Paden Rose · Answer

Hello Matt Setting the timezone is going to depend on if this is going to be a single instance for a single FI If this is needed for a single FI then staticly setting the timezone in the code is the simplest solution Using the pytz library is typically how that is done and you could set something in the db config if you wanted to changes this without deploying code If this is needed for multiple FIs which all could be in different timezones the best solution is to make an HQ call The GetVersion call will return a server time that can be used to get the timezone offset from UTC https docs q2developer com api references hq api q2 api GetVersions html Let me know if there are any follow up questions

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