then do as with 'local', but use the specified timezone. casting : {'no', 'equiv', 'safe', 'same_kind', 'unsafe'} Casting to allow when changing between datetime units. Returns ------- str_arr : ndarray An array of strings the same shape as `arr`. Examples -------- >>> import pytz >>> d = np.arange('2002-10-27T04:30', 4*60, 60, dtype='M8[m]') >>> d array(['2002-10-27T04:30', '2002-10-27T05:30', '2002-10-27T06:30', '2002-10-27T07:30'], dtype='datetime64[m]') Setting the timezone to UTC shows the same information, but with a Z suffix >>> np.datetime_as_string(d, timezone='UTC') array(['2002-10-27T04:30Z', '2002-10-27T05:30Z', '2002-10-27T06:30Z', '2002-10-27T07:30Z'], dtype='>> np.datetime_as_string(d, timezone=pytz.timezone('US/Eastern')) array(['2002-10-27T00:30-0400', '2002-10-27T01:30-0400', '2002-10-27T01:30-0500', '2002-10-27T02:30-0500'], dtype='>> np.datetime_as_string(d, unit='h') array(['2002-10-27T04', '2002-10-27T05', '2002-10-27T06', '2002-10-27T07'], dtype='>> np.datetime_as_string(d, unit='s') array(['2002-10-27T04:30:00', '2002-10-27T05:30:00', '2002-10-27T06:30:00', '2002-10-27T07:30:00'], dtype='>> np.datetime_as_string(d, unit='h', casting='safe') Traceback (most recent call last): ... TypeError: Cannot create a datetime string as units 'h' from a NumPy datetime with units 'm' according to the rule 'safe' ro