In [20]: from datetime import datetime

In [21]: from dateutil.tz import tzlocal

In [22]: now = datetime.now(tzlocal())

In [23]: timestamp = now.replace(microsecond=0).isoformat()

In [24]: print timestamp
-------> print(timestamp)
2011-02-01T01:05:00+01:00

In [25]: now.tzname()
Out[25]: 'CET'