import datetime
print("System date:", datetime.datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))
print("UTC date:", datetime.datetime.utcnow().strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S'))

# What period_str would the dashboard/kpis endpoint use?
from datetime import datetime as dt
now = dt.now()
period_str = now.strftime("%Y-%m")
print("period_str for month query:", period_str)