[Python] How to compare datetime.now() with sunrise/sunset times from Sunrise-Sunset API in...

I'm working on a Python script that checks whether it's currently dark outside based on my location (Barishal, Bangladesh). I use the Sunrise-Sunset API to get sunrise and sunset times, and then compare those to datetime.now().

import requests
from datetime import datetime

# My location
MY_LAT = 22.712647
MY_LNG = 90.351848

parameters = {
"lat": MY_LAT,
"lng": MY_LNG,
"formatted": 0 # To get ISO 8601 format for easy datetime comparison
}

response = requests.get("https://api.sunrise-sunset.org/json", params=parameters)
data = response.json()

sunrise_utc = data["results"]["sunrise"]
sunset_utc = data["results"]["sunset"]

# Convert strings to datetime objects
sunrise_time = datetime.fromisoformat(sunrise_utc)
sunset_time = datetime.fromisoformat(sunset_utc)

# Current time
now = datetime.utcnow()

# Compare
if now < sunrise_time or now > sunset_time:
print("It's dark outside")
else:
print("It's daytime")



Even though it's nighttime here, my old script was returning "It's daytime" because the sunrise/sunset times were in UTC and not adjusted to my local time.

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