Re: fromutc: dt.tzinfo is not self: pytz.timezone('UTC').fromutc(datetime.utcnow())

On Wed, 19 Oct 2011 01:06:53 -0700, aspineux wrote:

hi

import pytz
from datetime import datetime
pytz.timezone('GMT0').fromutc(datetime.utcnow())
datetime.datetime(2011, 10, 19, 7, 54, 45, 579125, tzinfo=<StaticTzInfo
'GMT0'>)
pytz.timezone('UTC').fromutc(datetime.utcnow())
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
ValueError: fromutc: dt.tzinfo is not self
pytz.timezone('Europe/Brussels').fromutc(datetime.utcnow())
datetime.datetime(2011, 10, 19, 9, 55, 47, 787937, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo
'Europe/Brussels' CEST+2:00:00 DST>)

Why does UTC fail ?
Bug or feature ?


Looks like a bug to me. But I'm not an expert on pytz. Perhaps you should
report it back to the package author.


--
Steven
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