From 53c5943581293194e41d6328cd555509828b9750 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeevan Babu Gotru <114808955+jeevan1098@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:22:09 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 1/3] fix: TimePlugin timeZoneOffset/timeZoneName return actual
 values

---
 python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py b/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py
index 1b8444961644..ef2fe2972ead 100644
--- a/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py
+++ b/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py
@@ -228,7 +228,7 @@ def time_zone_offset(self) -> str:
         Example:
             {{time.timeZoneOffset}} => -08:00
         """
-        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        now = datetime.datetime.now().astimezone()
         return now.strftime("%z")
 
     @kernel_function(description="Get the current time zone name", name="timeZoneName")
@@ -238,5 +238,5 @@ def time_zone_name(self) -> str:
         Example:
             {{time.timeZoneName}} => PST
         """
-        now = datetime.datetime.now()
+        now = datetime.datetime.now().astimezone()
         return now.strftime("%Z")

From bac1ee2e1fc94c000d33a5cd810af731e0cf02a0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeevan Babu Gotru <114808955+jeevan1098@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 15 Oct 2026 08:22:29 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 2/3] test: update TimePlugin tests for
 timeZoneOffset/timeZoneName fix

---
 .../unit/core_plugins/test_time_plugin.py     | 30 +++++++++++++++++--
 1 file changed, 28 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/python/tests/unit/core_plugins/test_time_plugin.py b/python/tests/unit/core_plugins/test_time_plugin.py
index 60fdec31f12c..fbef28777fb1 100644
--- a/python/tests/unit/core_plugins/test_time_plugin.py
+++ b/python/tests/unit/core_plugins/test_time_plugin.py
@@ -175,7 +175,9 @@ def test_time_zone_offset():
 
     with mock.patch("datetime.datetime", wraps=datetime.datetime) as dt:
         dt.now.return_value = test_mock_now
-        assert plugin.time_zone_offset() == "+0000"
+        # The plugin reports the local zone, so the mocked UTC instant is
+        # converted to local time before formatting.
+        assert plugin.time_zone_offset() == test_mock_now.astimezone().strftime("%z")
 
 
 def test_time_zone_name():
@@ -183,4 +185,28 @@ def test_time_zone_name():
 
     with mock.patch("datetime.datetime", wraps=datetime.datetime) as dt:
         dt.now.return_value = test_mock_now
-        assert plugin.time_zone_name() == "UTC"
+        # The plugin reports the local zone, so the mocked UTC instant is
+        # converted to local time before formatting.
+        assert plugin.time_zone_name() == test_mock_now.astimezone().strftime("%Z")
+
+
+def test_time_zone_offset_without_mock():
+    # Regression test: without mocking datetime.now to an aware value, the
+    # offset must still be the local zone offset, not an empty string.
+    plugin = TimePlugin()
+
+    expected = datetime.datetime.now().astimezone().strftime("%z")
+    result = plugin.time_zone_offset()
+    assert result != ""
+    assert result == expected
+
+
+def test_time_zone_name_without_mock():
+    # Regression test: without mocking datetime.now to an aware value, the
+    # zone name must still be the local zone name, not an empty string.
+    plugin = TimePlugin()
+
+    expected = datetime.datetime.now().astimezone().strftime("%Z")
+    result = plugin.time_zone_name()
+    assert result != ""
+    assert result == expected

From 10eb9ff289516cf195447d98c02220a554b5079f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Jeevan Babu Gotru <114808955+jeevan1098@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Oct 2026 08:25:52 -0500
Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Fix time_zone_offset docstring example to match %z format

---
 python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py b/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py
index ef2fe2972ead..c4effc470d44 100644
--- a/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py
+++ b/python/semantic_kernel/core_plugins/time_plugin.py
@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ def time_zone_offset(self) -> str:
         """Get the current time zone offset.
 
         Example:
-            {{time.timeZoneOffset}} => -08:00
+            {{time.timeZoneOffset}} => -0800
         """
         now = datetime.datetime.now().astimezone()
         return now.strftime("%z")