from datetime import datetime, timezone
from dateutil import tz

tz_local = tz.gettz('America/Chicago')
date_now = datetime.now(timezone.utc)

print('  UTC:', date_now)
print('Local:', date_now.astimezone(tz_local))

  UTC: 2021-04-07 19:56:56.466314+00:00
Local: 2021-04-07 14:56:56.466314-05:00