title: How can I remove a pytz timezone from a datetime object?
body: <p>Is there a simple way to remove the timezone from a pytz datetime object?<br>
  e.g. reconstructing <code>dt</code> from <code>dt_tz</code> in this example:</p>
  
  <pre><code>&gt;&gt;&gt; import datetime
  &gt;&gt;&gt; import pytz
  &gt;&gt;&gt; dt = datetime.datetime.now()
  &gt;&gt;&gt; dt
  datetime.datetime(2012, 6, 8, 9, 27, 32, 601000)
  &gt;&gt;&gt; dt_tz = pytz.utc.localize(dt)
  &gt;&gt;&gt; dt_tz
  datetime.datetime(2012, 6, 8, 9, 27, 32, 601000, tzinfo=&lt;UTC&gt;)
  </code></pre>