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A timestamp doesn't require TZ data because the timezone of the unix epoch is defined in UTC. To convert a timestamp into a meaningful datetime value, we need a timezone, otherwise there is loss of information.

The main issue is that .utcfromtimestamp and .fromtimestamp both return naive datetimes, instead of aware ones with the timezone property set to UTC or the local timezone respectively.




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