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Timestamp values: Remove the use of "naive" Python datetime objects #667

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Python: Remove invocations to deprecated datetime.utcfromtimestamp().
World: Make datetime handling like it's 2024.

Summary

This is a possible BREAKING CHANGE about returned Python datetime objects:

Removed the use of "naive" Python datetime objects, i.e. instances without tzinfo attribute set.

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When no time_zone information is specified when creating a database connection or cursor, datetime objects will now use Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), like CrateDB is storing timestamp values in this format.

This update is coming from a deprecation of Python's datetime.utcfromtimestamp(), which is effectively also phasing out the use of "naive" timestamp objects in Python, in favor of using timezone-aware objects, also to represent datetimes in UTC. It may be a breaking change for some users of the library that don't expect to receive "aware" datetime objects from now on.

DeprecationWarning: datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp() is deprecated and scheduled for removal in a future version. Use timezone-aware objects to represent datetimes in UTC: datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, datetime.UTC).

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@amotl amotl marked this pull request as ready for review November 1, 2024 15:39
Python: Remove invocations to deprecated `datetime.utcfromtimestamp()`.

This is a possible BREAKING CHANGE about returned Python ``datetime``
objects:

> Removed the use of "naive" Python ``datetime`` objects, i.e. instances
without ``tzinfo`` attribute set.

When no ``time_zone`` information is specified when creating a database
connection or cursor, ``datetime`` objects will now use Coordinated
Universal Time (UTC), like CrateDB is storing timestamp values in this
format.

This update is coming from a deprecation of Python's
``datetime.utcfromtimestamp()``, which is effectively also phasing out
the use of "naive" timestamp objects in Python, in favor of using
timezone-aware objects, also to represent datetimes in UTC. It may be a
breaking change for some users of the library that don't expect to
receive "aware" ``datetime`` objects from now on.

DeprecationWarning: datetime.datetime.utcfromtimestamp() is deprecated and scheduled for removal in a future version. Use timezone-aware objects to represent datetimes in UTC: datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(timestamp, datetime.UTC).
"""
https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html
"""
if value is None:
return None
return datetime.utcfromtimestamp(value / 1e3)
return dt.datetime.fromtimestamp(value / 1e3, tz=dt.timezone.utc)
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Would it be faster to value * 1e-3?

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idk.

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@amotl amotl merged commit cea5958 into master Nov 4, 2024
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@amotl amotl deleted the remove-utcfromtimestamp branch November 4, 2024 15:46
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