mattijn commented on issue #35600:
URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/35600#issuecomment-1580624761
Thanks for all the work on arrow!
I'm on windows and when running the following:
```python
from datetime import datetime
import pyarrow.compute as pc
pc.strftime(datetime(2004, 8, 1))
```
I get the following error:
> ```cmd
> ArrowInvalid: Cannot locate timezone 'UTC': Timezone database not found at
"D:\Users\Hoek\Downloads\tzdata"
> ```
Observe, that the error path refers to `D:`.
But in OP the following is mentioned:
> The timezone DB is required to be at %USERPROFILE%\Downloads\tzdata in
pyarrow on windows.
But if I check:
```python
! echo %USERPROFILE%
```
> ```cmd
> C:\Users\Hoek
> ```
and
```python
from pathlib import Path
Path.home()
```
> ```cmd
> WindowsPath('C:/Users/Hoek')
> ```
It is both linking to `C:`. How you know it is on `D:`? `D:` is right
though..
There is no `Downloads` folder for me on `C:\Users\Hoek` (therefor
https://stackoverflow.com/a/74292266/2459096 errored)
I assume it is just early days and this user experience will improve soon.
Again, thanks for all the hard work!
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