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Title: datetime.astimezone() method does not handle invalid local times as required by PEP 495
Type: behavior Stage:
Components: Versions: Python 3.9
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Status: open Resolution:
Dependencies: Superseder:
Assigned To: belopolsky Nosy List: belopolsky, p-ganssle
Priority: normal Keywords:

Created on 2020-02-19 00:56 by belopolsky, last changed 2022-04-11 14:59 by admin.

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msg362241 - (view) Author: Alexander Belopolsky (belopolsky) * (Python committer) Date: 2020-02-19 00:56
Let g be a an invalid time in New York spring-forward gap:

>>> g = datetime(2020, 3, 8, 2, 30)

According to PEP 495, conversion of such instance to UTC should return a value that corresponds to a valid local time greater than g, but

>>> print(g.astimezone(timezone.utc).astimezone())
2020-03-08 01:30:00-05:00

Also, conversion of the same instance with fold=1 to UTC and back should produce a lesser time, but

>>> print(g.replace(fold=1).astimezone(timezone.utc).astimezone())
2020-03-08 03:30:00-04:00

Note that conversion to and from timestamp works correctly:

>>> print(datetime.fromtimestamp(g.timestamp()))
2020-03-08 03:30:00
>>> print(datetime.fromtimestamp(g.replace(fold=1).timestamp()))
2020-03-08 01:30:00
History
Date User Action Args
2022-04-11 14:59:26adminsetgithub: 83861
2020-02-19 00:56:00belopolskycreate