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from datetime import datetime
import pytz

def convert_to_utc(timestamp_str, timezone_str):
    # Parse the timestamp string into a datetime object
    local_dt = datetime.strptime(timestamp_str, '%Y-%m-%d %I:%M:%S %p')
    
    # Assign the timezone to the datetime object
    local_tz = pytz.timezone(timezone_str)
    local_dt = local_tz.localize(local_dt)
    
    # Convert to UTC
    utc_dt = local_dt.astimezone(pytz.utc)
    
    return utc_dt.strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S UTC')  # Adjusted to use 24-hour format and explicitly label as UTC

# Example usage:
timestamp = '2025-01-20 08:34:54 PM'
timezone = 'America/New_York'
utc_timestamp = convert_to_utc(timestamp, timezone)
print(utc_timestamp)