diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 17e3b82..74108c5 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -12,15 +12,15 @@ CHANGES WITH 235:
 
         * id128: update for systemd-243 compatibility and other fixes.
 
-        * C syntax modernization.  A minimum of C99 is assumed.
+        * C syntax modernization. A minimum of C99 is assumed.
 
-        * Fix seek_realtime to work with timezone aware date.
+        * Fix seek_realtime to work with timezone aware date on Python 3.
 
         * journal: add namespace support.
 
-        * Memory leak fixes.
+        * Fixes for memory leaks and documentation.
 
-        * Documentation and other fixes.
+        * Support for Python 2 will be removed after this release.
 
 CHANGES WITH 234:
 
diff --git a/README.md b/README.md
index 8c5c5bf..0107f50 100644
--- a/README.md
+++ b/README.md
@@ -160,12 +160,11 @@ Notes
 -----
 
 * Unlike the native C version of journald's `sd_journal_send()`,
-  printf-style substitution is not supported. Perform any
-  substitution using Python's f-strings first (or .format()
-  capabilities or `%` operator).
+  printf-style substitution is not supported. Perform any substitution
+  using Python's f-strings first (or `.format()` or the `%` operator).
 * A `ValueError` is raised if `sd_journald_sendv()` results in an
-  error. This might happen if there are no arguments or one of them
-  is invalid.
+  error. This might happen if there are no arguments or one of them is
+  invalid.
 
 A handler class for the Python logging framework is also provided:
 
diff --git a/systemd/journal.py b/systemd/journal.py
index b1f2fef..9d33fa8 100644
--- a/systemd/journal.py
+++ b/systemd/journal.py
@@ -51,7 +51,10 @@ def _convert_monotonic(m):
 def _convert_source_monotonic(s):
     return _datetime.timedelta(microseconds=int(s))
 
-_LOCAL_TIMEZONE = _datetime.datetime.now().astimezone().tzinfo
+try:
+    _LOCAL_TIMEZONE = _datetime.datetime.now().astimezone().tzinfo
+except TypeError:
+    _LOCAL_TIMEZONE = None
 
 def _convert_realtime(t):
     return _datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(t / 1000000, _LOCAL_TIMEZONE)
@@ -313,7 +316,13 @@ def seek_realtime(self, realtime):
         >>> j.seek_realtime(yesterday)
         """
         if isinstance(realtime, _datetime.datetime):
-            realtime = int(float(realtime.astimezone().strftime("%s.%f")) * 1000000)
+            try:
+                realtime = realtime.astimezone()
+            except TypeError:
+                # With python2: Required argument 'tz' (pos 1) not found
+                pass
+
+            realtime = int(float(realtime.strftime("%s.%f")) * 1000000)
         elif not isinstance(realtime, int):
             realtime = int(realtime * 1000000)
         return super(Reader, self).seek_realtime(realtime)
diff --git a/systemd/test/test_daemon.py b/systemd/test/test_daemon.py
index ac782f9..d2eb10f 100644
--- a/systemd/test/test_daemon.py
+++ b/systemd/test/test_daemon.py
@@ -353,7 +353,7 @@ def test_daemon_notify_memleak():
 
     try:
         notify('', True, 0, fds)
-    except ConnectionRefusedError:
+    except connection_error:
         pass
 
     assert sys.getrefcount(fd) <= ref_cnt, 'leak'
diff --git a/systemd/test/test_journal.py b/systemd/test/test_journal.py
index e6761ca..c192136 100644
--- a/systemd/test/test_journal.py
+++ b/systemd/test/test_journal.py
@@ -6,7 +6,8 @@
 import os
 import time
 import uuid
-import traceback as _traceback
+import sys
+import traceback
 
 from systemd import journal, id128
 from systemd.journal import _make_line
@@ -30,7 +31,7 @@ def send(self, MESSAGE, MESSAGE_ID=None,
             args.append('MESSAGE_ID=' + id)
 
         if CODE_LINE is CODE_FILE is CODE_FUNC is None:
-            CODE_FILE, CODE_LINE, CODE_FUNC = _traceback.extract_stack(limit=2)[0][:3]
+            CODE_FILE, CODE_LINE, CODE_FUNC = traceback.extract_stack(limit=2)[0][:3]
         if CODE_FILE is not None:
             args.append('CODE_FILE=' + CODE_FILE)
         if CODE_LINE is not None:
@@ -294,13 +295,16 @@ def test_reader_convert_timestamps(tmpdir):
     j = journal.Reader(path=tmpdir.strpath)
 
     val = j._convert_field('_SOURCE_REALTIME_TIMESTAMP', 1641651559324187)
-    assert val.tzinfo is not None
+    if sys.version_info >= (3,):
+        assert val.tzinfo is not None
 
     val = j._convert_field('__REALTIME_TIMESTAMP', 1641651559324187)
-    assert val.tzinfo is not None
+    if sys.version_info >= (3,):
+        assert val.tzinfo is not None
 
     val = j._convert_field('COREDUMP_TIMESTAMP', 1641651559324187)
-    assert val.tzinfo is not None
+    if sys.version_info >= (3,):
+        assert val.tzinfo is not None
 
 def test_seek_realtime(tmpdir):
     j = journal.Reader(path=tmpdir.strpath)