def pyLocal(self, time_zone=''):

        ''' a method to report a python datetime from a labDT object

        :param time_zone: [optional] string with timezone to report in
        :return: string with date and time info
        '''

    # validate inputs
        get_tz = get_localzone()
        title = 'Timezone input for labDT.pyLocal'
        if time_zone:
            # if time_zone.lower() in ('utc', 'uct', 'universal', 'zulu'):
            #     raise ValueError('time_zone cannot be UTC. %s requires a local timezone value. Try:\nfor tz in pytz.all_timezones:\n  print tz' % title)
            try:
                get_tz = tz.gettz(time_zone)
            except:
                raise ValueError('\n%s is not a valid timezone format. Try:\nfor tz in pytz.all_timezones:\n  print tz' % title)

    # construct python datetime from labDT
        dT = self.astimezone(get_tz)
        dt_kwargs = {
            'year': dT.year,
            'month': dT.month,
            'day': dT.day,
            'hour': dT.hour,
            'minute': dT.minute,
            'second': dT.second,
            'microsecond': dT.microsecond,
            'tzinfo': dT.tzinfo
        }
        return labDT(**dt_kwargs)