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Add datetime.UTC alias for datetime.timezone.utc #91928

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@pganssle

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Right now, the UTC singleton is only available as a class-level attribute on datetime.timezone, but I think a lot of people would probably like to be able to do this:

from datetime import UTC

Since datetime.timezone is a class, not a module, right now it is necessary for each person to define their own UTC alias (if they want such a thing) in two lines:

from datetime import timezone
UTC = timezone.utc

This isn't a huge deal, but I think it would be pretty unambiguous what it refers to and might be a nice quality of life improvement.

CC: @abalkin

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