In [1]: import dateparser
   ...: import datetime
   ...: 
   ...: working_settings={
   ...:         'PREFER_DATES_FROM': 'future',
   ...:         'TO_TIMEZONE': 'etc/utc',
   ...:         'RETURN_AS_TIMEZONE_AWARE': False,
   ...:         'RELATIVE_BASE': datetime.datetime(2022, 11, 6, 22, 0)
   ...:         }
   ...: 
   ...: broken_settings = working_settings
   ...: broken_settings['TIMEZONE'] = 'america/new_york'
   ...: 
   ...: correct_time = dateparser.parse('6pm EST', settings=working_settings)
   ...: print(correct_time) # 2022-11-06 23:00:00
   ...: 
   ...: wrong_time = dateparser.parse('6pm', settings=broken_settings)
   ...: print(wrong_time) # 2022-11-07 23:00:00
2022-11-06 23:00:00
2022-11-06 23:00:00