diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 59679271..ebb1288e 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -6,6 +6,8 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.9
 
 - ``with connection`` starts a transaction on autocommit transactions too
   (:ticket:`#941`).
+- Timezones with fractional minutes are supported on Python 3.7 and following
+  (:ticket:`#1272`).
 - Escape table and column names in `~cursor.copy_from()` and
   `~cursor.copy_to()`.
 - Connection exceptions with sqlstate ``08XXX`` reclassified as
@@ -17,6 +19,11 @@ What's new in psycopg 2.9
 Other changes:
 
 - Dropped support for Python 2.7, 3.4, 3.5 (:tickets:`#1198, #1000, #1197`).
+- Dropped support for mx.DateTime.
+- Use `datetime.timezone` objects by default in datetime objects instead of
+  `~psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone`.
+- The `psycopg2.tz` module is deprecated and scheduled to be dropped in the
+  next major release.
 - Build system for Linux/MacOS binary packages moved to GitHub action, now
   providing :pep:`600`\-style wheels packages.
 
diff --git a/doc/src/conf.py b/doc/src/conf.py
index 94f154e9..d565c97d 100644
--- a/doc/src/conf.py
+++ b/doc/src/conf.py
@@ -128,8 +128,6 @@ rst_epilog = """
 .. _transaction isolation level:
     https://www.postgresql.org/docs/current/static/transaction-iso.html
 
-.. _mx.DateTime: https://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/mxDateTime/
-
 .. |MVCC| replace:: :abbr:`MVCC (Multiversion concurrency control)`
 """
 
diff --git a/doc/src/cursor.rst b/doc/src/cursor.rst
index 8398c984..2123b178 100644
--- a/doc/src/cursor.rst
+++ b/doc/src/cursor.rst
@@ -498,8 +498,10 @@ The ``cursor`` class
 
         The time zone factory used to handle data types such as
         :sql:`TIMESTAMP WITH TIME ZONE`.  It should be a `~datetime.tzinfo`
-        object.  A few implementations are available in the `psycopg2.tz`
-        module.
+        object.  Default is `datetime.timezone`.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 2.9
+            previosly the default factory was `psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone`.
 
 
     .. method:: nextset()
diff --git a/doc/src/extensions.rst b/doc/src/extensions.rst
index d8c07a42..763910dc 100644
--- a/doc/src/extensions.rst
+++ b/doc/src/extensions.rst
@@ -453,13 +453,6 @@ deal with Python objects adaptation:
 
         Specialized adapters for Python datetime objects.
 
-.. class:: DateFromMx
-           TimeFromMx
-           TimestampFromMx
-           IntervalFromMx
-
-        Specialized adapters for `mx.DateTime`_ objects.
-
 .. data:: adapters
 
     Dictionary of the currently registered object adapters.  Use
@@ -1004,20 +997,6 @@ from the database.  See :ref:`unicode-handling` for details.
     Typecasters to convert time-related data types to Python `!datetime`
     objects.
 
-.. data:: MXDATE
-          MXDATETIME
-          MXDATETIMETZ
-          MXINTERVAL
-          MXTIME
-          MXDATEARRAY
-          MXDATETIMEARRAY
-          MXDATETIMETZARRAY
-          MXINTERVALARRAY
-          MXTIMEARRAY
-
-    Typecasters to convert time-related data types to `mx.DateTime`_ objects.
-    Only available if Psycopg was compiled with `!mx` support.
-
 .. versionchanged:: 2.2
         previously the `DECIMAL` typecaster and the specific time-related
         typecasters (`!PY*` and `!MX*`) were not exposed by the `extensions`
diff --git a/doc/src/install.rst b/doc/src/install.rst
index c771c9b7..2eb66c87 100644
--- a/doc/src/install.rst
+++ b/doc/src/install.rst
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ If you have less standard requirements such as:
 
 - creating a :ref:`debug build <debug-build>`,
 - using :program:`pg_config` not in the :envvar:`PATH`,
-- supporting ``mx.DateTime``,
 
 then take a look at the ``setup.cfg`` file.
 
diff --git a/doc/src/tz.rst b/doc/src/tz.rst
index 06333f86..c1bd5ff7 100644
--- a/doc/src/tz.rst
+++ b/doc/src/tz.rst
@@ -5,6 +5,10 @@
 
 .. module:: psycopg2.tz
 
+.. deprecated:: 2.9
+   The module will be dropped in psycopg 2.10. Use `datetime.timezone`
+   instead.
+
 This module holds two different tzinfo implementations that can be used as the
 `tzinfo` argument to `~datetime.datetime` constructors, directly passed to
 Psycopg functions or used to set the `cursor.tzinfo_factory` attribute in
diff --git a/doc/src/usage.rst b/doc/src/usage.rst
index 3aafa903..5bb69e94 100644
--- a/doc/src/usage.rst
+++ b/doc/src/usage.rst
@@ -540,7 +540,6 @@ or `!memoryview` (in Python 3).
     single: Date objects; Adaptation
     single: Time objects; Adaptation
     single: Interval objects; Adaptation
-    single: mx.DateTime; Adaptation
 
 .. _adapt-date:
 
@@ -550,8 +549,7 @@ Date/Time objects adaptation
 Python builtin `~datetime.datetime`, `~datetime.date`,
 `~datetime.time`,  `~datetime.timedelta` are converted into PostgreSQL's
 :sql:`timestamp[tz]`, :sql:`date`, :sql:`time[tz]`, :sql:`interval` data types.
-Time zones are supported too.  The Egenix `mx.DateTime`_ objects are adapted
-the same way::
+Time zones are supported too.
 
     >>> dt = datetime.datetime.now()
     >>> dt
@@ -576,29 +574,39 @@ Time zones handling
 '''''''''''''''''''
 
 The PostgreSQL type :sql:`timestamp with time zone` (a.k.a.
-:sql:`timestamptz`) is converted into Python `~datetime.datetime` objects with
-a `~datetime.datetime.tzinfo` attribute set to a
-`~psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone` instance.
+:sql:`timestamptz`) is converted into Python `~datetime.datetime` objects.
 
-    >>> cur.execute("SET TIME ZONE 'Europe/Rome';")  # UTC + 1 hour
-    >>> cur.execute("SELECT '2010-01-01 10:30:45'::timestamptz;")
-    >>> cur.fetchone()[0].tzinfo
-    psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=60, name=None)
+    >>> cur.execute("SET TIME ZONE 'Europe/Rome'")  # UTC + 1 hour
+    >>> cur.execute("SELECT '2010-01-01 10:30:45'::timestamptz")
+    >>> cur.fetchone()[0]
+    datetime.datetime(2010, 1, 1, 10, 30, 45,
+        tzinfo=datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(seconds=3600)))
 
-Note that only time zones with an integer number of minutes are supported:
-this is a limitation of the Python `datetime` module.  A few historical time
-zones had seconds in the UTC offset: these time zones will have the offset
-rounded to the nearest minute, with an error of up to 30 seconds.
+.. note::
 
-    >>> cur.execute("SET TIME ZONE 'Asia/Calcutta';")  # offset was +5:53:20
-    >>> cur.execute("SELECT '1930-01-01 10:30:45'::timestamptz;")
-    >>> cur.fetchone()[0].tzinfo
-    psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=353, name=None)
+    Before Python 3.7, the `datetime` module only supported timezones with an
+    integer number of minutes. A few historical time zones had seconds in the
+    UTC offset: these time zones will have the offset rounded to the nearest
+    minute, with an error of up to 30 seconds, on Python versions before 3.7.
+
+        >>> cur.execute("SET TIME ZONE 'Asia/Calcutta'")  # offset was +5:21:10
+        >>> cur.execute("SELECT '1900-01-01 10:30:45'::timestamptz")
+        >>> cur.fetchone()[0].tzinfo
+        # On Python 3.6: 5h, 21m
+        datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(0, 19260))
+        # On Python 3.7 and following: 5h, 21m, 10s
+        datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(seconds=19270))
 
 .. versionchanged:: 2.2.2
     timezones with seconds are supported (with rounding). Previously such
     timezones raised an error.
 
+.. versionchanged:: 2.9
+    timezones with seconds are supported without rounding.
+
+.. versionchanged:: 2.9
+    use `datetime.timezone` as default tzinfo object instead of
+    `~psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone`.
 
 .. index::
     double: Date objects; Infinite
diff --git a/lib/__init__.py b/lib/__init__.py
index 52c82bc0..8d61892a 100644
--- a/lib/__init__.py
+++ b/lib/__init__.py
@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ from psycopg2._psycopg import (                     # noqa
     __version__, __libpq_version__,
 )
 
-from psycopg2 import tz                             # noqa
-
 
 # Register default adapters.
 
diff --git a/lib/extensions.py b/lib/extensions.py
index 1de66076..f941e02a 100644
--- a/lib/extensions.py
+++ b/lib/extensions.py
@@ -42,14 +42,6 @@ from psycopg2._psycopg import (                             # noqa
     ROWIDARRAY, STRINGARRAY, TIME, TIMEARRAY, UNICODE, UNICODEARRAY,
     AsIs, Binary, Boolean, Float, Int, QuotedString, )
 
-try:
-    from psycopg2._psycopg import (                         # noqa
-        MXDATE, MXDATETIME, MXDATETIMETZ, MXINTERVAL, MXTIME, MXDATEARRAY,
-        MXDATETIMEARRAY, MXDATETIMETZARRAY, MXINTERVALARRAY, MXTIMEARRAY,
-        DateFromMx, TimeFromMx, TimestampFromMx, IntervalFromMx, )
-except ImportError:
-    pass
-
 from psycopg2._psycopg import (                         # noqa
     PYDATE, PYDATETIME, PYDATETIMETZ, PYINTERVAL, PYTIME, PYDATEARRAY,
     PYDATETIMEARRAY, PYDATETIMETZARRAY, PYINTERVALARRAY, PYTIMEARRAY,
diff --git a/lib/tz.py b/lib/tz.py
index 81cd8f8c..357aac0f 100644
--- a/lib/tz.py
+++ b/lib/tz.py
@@ -45,6 +45,11 @@ class FixedOffsetTimezone(datetime.tzinfo):
     offset and name that instance will be returned. This saves memory and
     improves comparability.
 
+    .. versionchanged:: 2.9
+
+        The constructor can take either a timedelta or a number of minutes of
+        offset. Previously only minutes were supported.
+
     .. __: https://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html
     """
     _name = None
@@ -54,7 +59,9 @@ class FixedOffsetTimezone(datetime.tzinfo):
 
     def __init__(self, offset=None, name=None):
         if offset is not None:
-            self._offset = datetime.timedelta(minutes=offset)
+            if not isinstance(offset, datetime.timedelta):
+                offset = datetime.timedelta(minutes=offset)
+            self._offset = offset
         if name is not None:
             self._name = name
 
@@ -70,13 +77,23 @@ class FixedOffsetTimezone(datetime.tzinfo):
             return tz
 
     def __repr__(self):
-        offset_mins = self._offset.seconds // 60 + self._offset.days * 24 * 60
         return "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=%r, name=%r)" \
-            % (offset_mins, self._name)
+            % (self._offset, self._name)
+
+    def __eq__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, FixedOffsetTimezone):
+            return self._offset == other._offset
+        else:
+            return NotImplemented
+
+    def __ne__(self, other):
+        if isinstance(other, FixedOffsetTimezone):
+            return self._offset != other._offset
+        else:
+            return NotImplemented
 
     def __getinitargs__(self):
-        offset_mins = self._offset.seconds // 60 + self._offset.days * 24 * 60
-        return offset_mins, self._name
+        return self._offset, self._name
 
     def utcoffset(self, dt):
         return self._offset
@@ -84,14 +101,16 @@ class FixedOffsetTimezone(datetime.tzinfo):
     def tzname(self, dt):
         if self._name is not None:
             return self._name
-        else:
-            seconds = self._offset.seconds + self._offset.days * 86400
-            hours, seconds = divmod(seconds, 3600)
-            minutes = seconds / 60
-            if minutes:
-                return "%+03d:%d" % (hours, minutes)
-            else:
-                return "%+03d" % hours
+
+        minutes, seconds = divmod(self._offset.total_seconds(), 60)
+        hours, minutes = divmod(minutes, 60)
+        rv = "%+03d" % hours
+        if minutes or seconds:
+            rv += ":%02d" % minutes
+            if seconds:
+                rv += ":%02d" % seconds
+
+        return rv
 
     def dst(self, dt):
         return ZERO
diff --git a/psycopg/adapter_datetime.c b/psycopg/adapter_datetime.c
index 74b55582..28a7d092 100644
--- a/psycopg/adapter_datetime.c
+++ b/psycopg/adapter_datetime.c
@@ -423,8 +423,8 @@ psyco_TimeFromTicks(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 PyObject *
 psyco_TimestampFromTicks(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
 {
-    PyObject *m = NULL;
-    PyObject *tz = NULL;
+    pydatetimeObject *wrapper = NULL;
+    PyObject *dt_aware = NULL;
     PyObject *res = NULL;
     struct tm tm;
     time_t t;
@@ -433,10 +433,6 @@ psyco_TimestampFromTicks(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
     if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "d", &ticks))
         return NULL;
 
-    /* get psycopg2.tz.LOCAL from pythonland */
-    if (!(m = PyImport_ImportModule("psycopg2.tz"))) { goto exit; }
-    if (!(tz = PyObject_GetAttrString(m, "LOCAL"))) { goto exit; }
-
     t = (time_t)floor(ticks);
     ticks -= (double)t;
     if (!localtime_r(&t, &tm)) {
@@ -444,14 +440,29 @@ psyco_TimestampFromTicks(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
         goto exit;
     }
 
-    res = _psyco_Timestamp(
-        tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday,
-        tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, (double)tm.tm_sec + ticks,
-        tz);
+    /* Convert the tm to a wrapper containing a naive datetime.datetime */
+    if (!(wrapper = (pydatetimeObject *)_psyco_Timestamp(
+            tm.tm_year + 1900, tm.tm_mon + 1, tm.tm_mday,
+            tm.tm_hour, tm.tm_min, (double)tm.tm_sec + ticks, NULL))) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+
+    /* Localize the datetime and assign it back to the wrapper */
+    if (!(dt_aware = PyObject_CallMethod(
+            wrapper->wrapped, "astimezone", NULL))) {
+        goto exit;
+    }
+    Py_CLEAR(wrapper->wrapped);
+    wrapper->wrapped = dt_aware;
+    dt_aware = NULL;
+
+    /* the wrapper is ready to be returned */
+    res = (PyObject *)wrapper;
+    wrapper = NULL;
 
 exit:
-    Py_XDECREF(tz);
-    Py_XDECREF(m);
+    Py_XDECREF(dt_aware);
+    Py_XDECREF(wrapper);
     return res;
 }
 
diff --git a/psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.c b/psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.c
deleted file mode 100644
index 125bd14f..00000000
--- a/psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,302 +0,0 @@
-/* adapter_mxdatetime.c - mx date/time objects
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003-2019 Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2020 The Psycopg Team
- *
- * This file is part of psycopg.
- *
- * psycopg2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
- * permission to link this program with the OpenSSL library (or with
- * modified versions of OpenSSL that use the same license as OpenSSL),
- * and distribute linked combinations including the two.
- *
- * You must obey the GNU Lesser General Public License in all respects for
- * all of the code used other than OpenSSL.
- *
- * psycopg2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License for more details.
- */
-
-#define PSYCOPG_MODULE
-#include "psycopg/psycopg.h"
-
-#include "psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.h"
-#include "psycopg/microprotocols_proto.h"
-
-#include <mxDateTime.h>
-#include <string.h>
-
-
-/* Return 0 on success, -1 on failure, but don't set an exception */
-
-int
-psyco_adapter_mxdatetime_init(void)
-{
-    if (mxDateTime_ImportModuleAndAPI()) {
-        Dprintf("psyco_adapter_mxdatetime_init: mx.DateTime initialization failed");
-        PyErr_Clear();
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-/* mxdatetime_str, mxdatetime_getquoted - return result of quoting */
-
-static PyObject *
-mxdatetime_str(mxdatetimeObject *self)
-{
-    mxDateTimeObject *dt;
-    mxDateTimeDeltaObject *dtd;
-    char buf[128] = { 0, };
-
-    switch (self->type) {
-
-    case PSYCO_MXDATETIME_DATE:
-        dt = (mxDateTimeObject *)self->wrapped;
-        if (dt->year >= 1)
-            PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "'%04ld-%02d-%02d'::date",
-                          dt->year, (int)dt->month, (int)dt->day);
-        else
-            PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "'%04ld-%02d-%02d BC'::date",
-                          1 - dt->year, (int)dt->month, (int)dt->day);
-        break;
-
-    case PSYCO_MXDATETIME_TIMESTAMP:
-        dt = (mxDateTimeObject *)self->wrapped;
-        if (dt->year >= 1)
-            PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1,
-                          "'%04ld-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%09.6f'::timestamp",
-                          dt->year, (int)dt->month, (int)dt->day,
-                          (int)dt->hour, (int)dt->minute, dt->second);
-        else
-            PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1,
-                          "'%04ld-%02d-%02dT%02d:%02d:%09.6f BC'::timestamp",
-                          1 - dt->year, (int)dt->month, (int)dt->day,
-                          (int)dt->hour, (int)dt->minute, dt->second);
-        break;
-
-    case PSYCO_MXDATETIME_TIME:
-    case PSYCO_MXDATETIME_INTERVAL:
-        /* given the limitation of the mx.DateTime module that uses the same
-           type for both time and delta values we need to do some black magic
-           and make sure we're not using an adapt()ed interval as a simple
-           time */
-        dtd = (mxDateTimeDeltaObject *)self->wrapped;
-        if (0 <= dtd->seconds && dtd->seconds < 24*3600) {
-            PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "'%02d:%02d:%09.6f'::time",
-                          (int)dtd->hour, (int)dtd->minute, dtd->second);
-        } else {
-            double ss = dtd->hour*3600.0 + dtd->minute*60.0 + dtd->second;
-
-            if (dtd->seconds >= 0)
-                PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "'%ld days %.6f seconds'::interval",
-                              dtd->day, ss);
-            else
-                PyOS_snprintf(buf, sizeof(buf) - 1, "'-%ld days -%.6f seconds'::interval",
-                              dtd->day, ss);
-        }
-        break;
-    }
-
-    return PyString_FromString(buf);
-}
-
-static PyObject *
-mxdatetime_getquoted(mxdatetimeObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    return mxdatetime_str(self);
-}
-
-static PyObject *
-mxdatetime_conform(mxdatetimeObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    PyObject *res, *proto;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O", &proto)) return NULL;
-
-    if (proto == (PyObject*)&isqlquoteType)
-        res = (PyObject*)self;
-    else
-        res = Py_None;
-
-    Py_INCREF(res);
-    return res;
-}
-
-/** the MxDateTime object **/
-
-/* object member list */
-
-static struct PyMemberDef mxdatetimeObject_members[] = {
-    {"adapted", T_OBJECT, offsetof(mxdatetimeObject, wrapped), READONLY},
-    {"type", T_INT, offsetof(mxdatetimeObject, type), READONLY},
-    {NULL}
-};
-
-/* object method table */
-
-static PyMethodDef mxdatetimeObject_methods[] = {
-    {"getquoted", (PyCFunction)mxdatetime_getquoted, METH_NOARGS,
-     "getquoted() -> wrapped object value as SQL date/time"},
-    {"__conform__", (PyCFunction)mxdatetime_conform, METH_VARARGS, NULL},
-    {NULL}  /* Sentinel */
-};
-
-/* initialization and finalization methods */
-
-static int
-mxdatetime_setup(mxdatetimeObject *self, PyObject *obj, int type)
-{
-    Dprintf("mxdatetime_setup: init mxdatetime object at %p, refcnt = "
-        FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T,
-        self, Py_REFCNT(self)
-      );
-
-    self->type = type;
-    Py_INCREF(obj);
-    self->wrapped = obj;
-
-    Dprintf("mxdatetime_setup: good mxdatetime object at %p, refcnt = "
-        FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T,
-        self, Py_REFCNT(self)
-      );
-    return 0;
-}
-
-static void
-mxdatetime_dealloc(PyObject* obj)
-{
-    mxdatetimeObject *self = (mxdatetimeObject *)obj;
-
-    Py_CLEAR(self->wrapped);
-
-    Dprintf("mxdatetime_dealloc: deleted mxdatetime object at %p, refcnt = "
-        FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T,
-        obj, Py_REFCNT(obj)
-      );
-
-    Py_TYPE(obj)->tp_free(obj);
-}
-
-static int
-mxdatetime_init(PyObject *obj, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
-{
-    PyObject *mx;
-    int type = -1; /* raise an error if type was not passed! */
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O|i", &mx, &type))
-        return -1;
-
-    return mxdatetime_setup((mxdatetimeObject *)obj, mx, type);
-}
-
-static PyObject *
-mxdatetime_new(PyTypeObject *type, PyObject *args, PyObject *kwds)
-{
-    return type->tp_alloc(type, 0);
-}
-
-
-/* object type */
-
-#define mxdatetimeType_doc \
-"MxDateTime(mx, type) -> new mx.DateTime wrapper object"
-
-PyTypeObject mxdatetimeType = {
-    PyVarObject_HEAD_INIT(NULL, 0)
-    "psycopg2._psycopg.MxDateTime",
-    sizeof(mxdatetimeObject), 0,
-    mxdatetime_dealloc, /*tp_dealloc*/
-    0,          /*tp_print*/
-    0,          /*tp_getattr*/
-    0,          /*tp_setattr*/
-    0,          /*tp_compare*/
-    0,          /*tp_repr*/
-    0,          /*tp_as_number*/
-    0,          /*tp_as_sequence*/
-    0,          /*tp_as_mapping*/
-    0,          /*tp_hash */
-    0,          /*tp_call*/
-    (reprfunc)mxdatetime_str, /*tp_str*/
-    0,          /*tp_getattro*/
-    0,          /*tp_setattro*/
-    0,          /*tp_as_buffer*/
-    Py_TPFLAGS_DEFAULT|Py_TPFLAGS_BASETYPE, /*tp_flags*/
-    mxdatetimeType_doc, /*tp_doc*/
-    0,          /*tp_traverse*/
-    0,          /*tp_clear*/
-    0,          /*tp_richcompare*/
-    0,          /*tp_weaklistoffset*/
-    0,          /*tp_iter*/
-    0,          /*tp_iternext*/
-    mxdatetimeObject_methods, /*tp_methods*/
-    mxdatetimeObject_members, /*tp_members*/
-    0,          /*tp_getset*/
-    0,          /*tp_base*/
-    0,          /*tp_dict*/
-    0,          /*tp_descr_get*/
-    0,          /*tp_descr_set*/
-    0,          /*tp_dictoffset*/
-    mxdatetime_init, /*tp_init*/
-    0,          /*tp_alloc*/
-    mxdatetime_new, /*tp_new*/
-};
-
-
-/** module-level functions **/
-
-PyObject *
-psyco_DateFromMx(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    PyObject *mx;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", mxDateTime.DateTime_Type, &mx))
-        return NULL;
-
-    return PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&mxdatetimeType, "Oi", mx,
-                                 PSYCO_MXDATETIME_DATE);
-}
-
-PyObject *
-psyco_TimeFromMx(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    PyObject *mx;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", mxDateTime.DateTimeDelta_Type, &mx))
-        return NULL;
-
-    return PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&mxdatetimeType, "Oi", mx,
-                                 PSYCO_MXDATETIME_TIME);
-}
-
-PyObject *
-psyco_TimestampFromMx(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    PyObject *mx;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", mxDateTime.DateTime_Type, &mx))
-        return NULL;
-
-    return PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&mxdatetimeType, "Oi", mx,
-                                 PSYCO_MXDATETIME_TIMESTAMP);
-}
-
-PyObject *
-psyco_IntervalFromMx(PyObject *self, PyObject *args)
-{
-    PyObject *mx;
-
-    if (!PyArg_ParseTuple(args, "O!", mxDateTime.DateTime_Type, &mx))
-        return NULL;
-
-    return PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject *)&mxdatetimeType, "Oi", mx,
-                                 PSYCO_MXDATETIME_INTERVAL);
-}
diff --git a/psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.h b/psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.h
deleted file mode 100644
index 93d59322..00000000
--- a/psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.h
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,70 +0,0 @@
-/* adapter_mxdatetime.h - definition for the mx date/time types
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2003-2019 Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2020 The Psycopg Team
- *
- * This file is part of psycopg.
- *
- * psycopg2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
- * permission to link this program with the OpenSSL library (or with
- * modified versions of OpenSSL that use the same license as OpenSSL),
- * and distribute linked combinations including the two.
- *
- * You must obey the GNU Lesser General Public License in all respects for
- * all of the code used other than OpenSSL.
- *
- * psycopg2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License for more details.
- */
-
-#ifndef PSYCOPG_MXDATETIME_H
-#define PSYCOPG_MXDATETIME_H 1
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-extern "C" {
-#endif
-
-extern HIDDEN PyTypeObject mxdatetimeType;
-
-typedef struct {
-    PyObject_HEAD
-
-    PyObject *wrapped;
-    int       type;
-#define       PSYCO_MXDATETIME_TIME       0
-#define       PSYCO_MXDATETIME_DATE       1
-#define       PSYCO_MXDATETIME_TIMESTAMP  2
-#define       PSYCO_MXDATETIME_INTERVAL   3
-
-} mxdatetimeObject;
-
-HIDDEN int psyco_adapter_mxdatetime_init(void);
-
-HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_DateFromMx(PyObject *module, PyObject *args);
-#define psyco_DateFromMx_doc \
-    "DateFromMx(mx) -> new date"
-
-HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_TimeFromMx(PyObject *module, PyObject *args);
-#define psyco_TimeFromMx_doc \
-    "TimeFromMx(mx) -> new time"
-
-HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_TimestampFromMx(PyObject *module, PyObject *args);
-#define psyco_TimestampFromMx_doc \
-    "TimestampFromMx(mx) -> new timestamp"
-
-HIDDEN PyObject *psyco_IntervalFromMx(PyObject *module, PyObject *args);
-#define psyco_IntervalFromMx_doc \
-    "IntervalFromMx(mx) -> new interval"
-
-#ifdef __cplusplus
-}
-#endif
-
-#endif /* !defined(PSYCOPG_MXDATETIME_H) */
diff --git a/psycopg/cursor_type.c b/psycopg/cursor_type.c
index 31ce7924..abab40c0 100644
--- a/psycopg/cursor_type.c
+++ b/psycopg/cursor_type.c
@@ -1951,10 +1951,11 @@ cursor_setup(cursorObject *self, connectionObject *conn, const char *name)
 
     /* default tzinfo factory */
     {
+        /* The datetime api doesn't seem to have a constructor to make a
+         * datetime.timezone, so use the Python interface. */
         PyObject *m = NULL;
-        if ((m = PyImport_ImportModule("psycopg2.tz"))) {
-            self->tzinfo_factory = PyObject_GetAttrString(
-                    m, "FixedOffsetTimezone");
+        if ((m = PyImport_ImportModule("datetime"))) {
+            self->tzinfo_factory = PyObject_GetAttrString(m, "timezone");
             Py_DECREF(m);
         }
         if (!self->tzinfo_factory) {
diff --git a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
index acb67810..57c56ee1 100644
--- a/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
+++ b/psycopg/psycopgmodule.c
@@ -53,11 +53,6 @@
 #include "psycopg/adapter_list.h"
 #include "psycopg/typecast_binary.h"
 
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-#include <mxDateTime.h>
-#include "psycopg/adapter_mxdatetime.h"
-#endif
-
 /* some module-level variables, like the datetime module */
 #include <datetime.h>
 #include "psycopg/adapter_datetime.h"
@@ -358,30 +353,6 @@ adapters_init(PyObject *module)
     if (0 > microprotocols_add(PyDateTimeAPI->DeltaType, NULL, obj)) { goto exit; }
     Py_CLEAR(obj);
 
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-    /* As above, we use the callable objects from the psycopg module.
-       These object are not be available at runtime if mx.DateTime import
-       failed (e.g. it was available at build time but not at runtime). */
-    if (PyMapping_HasKeyString(dict, "TimestampFromMx")) {
-        if (!(obj = PyMapping_GetItemString(dict, "TimestampFromMx"))) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-        if (0 > microprotocols_add(mxDateTime.DateTime_Type, NULL, obj)) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-        Py_CLEAR(obj);
-
-        /* if we found the above, we have this too. */
-        if (!(obj = PyMapping_GetItemString(dict, "TimeFromMx"))) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-        if (0 > microprotocols_add(mxDateTime.DateTimeDelta_Type, NULL, obj)) {
-            goto exit;
-        }
-        Py_CLEAR(obj);
-    }
-#endif
-
     /* Success! */
     rv = 0;
 
@@ -943,34 +914,6 @@ datetime_init(void)
     return 0;
 }
 
-RAISES_NEG static int
-mxdatetime_init(PyObject *module)
-{
-    Dprintf("psycopgmodule: initializing mx.DateTime module");
-
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-    Py_SET_TYPE(&mxdatetimeType, &PyType_Type);
-    if (0 > PyType_Ready(&mxdatetimeType)) { return -1; }
-
-    if (mxDateTime_ImportModuleAndAPI()) {
-        Dprintf("psycopgmodule: mx.DateTime module import failed");
-        PyErr_Clear();
-    }
-
-    /* If we can't find mx.DateTime objects at runtime,
-     * remove them from the module (and, as consequence, from the adapters). */
-    if (0 != psyco_adapter_mxdatetime_init()) {
-        PyObject *dict;
-        if (!(dict = PyModule_GetDict(module))) { return -1; }
-        if (0 > PyDict_DelItemString(dict, "DateFromMx")) { return -1; }
-        if (0 > PyDict_DelItemString(dict, "TimeFromMx")) { return -1; }
-        if (0 > PyDict_DelItemString(dict, "TimestampFromMx")) { return -1; }
-        if (0 > PyDict_DelItemString(dict, "IntervalFromMx")) { return -1; }
-    }
-#endif
-    return 0;
-}
-
 /** method table and module initialization **/
 
 static PyMethodDef psycopgMethods[] = {
@@ -1014,18 +957,6 @@ static PyMethodDef psycopgMethods[] = {
     {"IntervalFromPy",  (PyCFunction)psyco_IntervalFromPy,
      METH_VARARGS, psyco_IntervalFromPy_doc},
 
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-    /* to be deleted if not found at import time */
-    {"DateFromMx",  (PyCFunction)psyco_DateFromMx,
-     METH_VARARGS, psyco_DateFromMx_doc},
-    {"TimeFromMx",  (PyCFunction)psyco_TimeFromMx,
-     METH_VARARGS, psyco_TimeFromMx_doc},
-    {"TimestampFromMx",  (PyCFunction)psyco_TimestampFromMx,
-     METH_VARARGS, psyco_TimestampFromMx_doc},
-    {"IntervalFromMx",  (PyCFunction)psyco_IntervalFromMx,
-     METH_VARARGS, psyco_IntervalFromMx_doc},
-#endif
-
     {"set_wait_callback",  (PyCFunction)psyco_set_wait_callback,
      METH_O, psyco_set_wait_callback_doc},
     {"get_wait_callback",  (PyCFunction)psyco_get_wait_callback,
@@ -1086,7 +1017,6 @@ INIT_MODULE(_psycopg)(void)
     if (0 > add_module_constants(module)) { goto exit; }
     if (0 > add_module_types(module)) { goto exit; }
     if (0 > datetime_init()) { goto exit; }
-    if (0 > mxdatetime_init(module)) { goto exit; }
     if (0 > encodings_init(module)) { goto exit; }
     if (0 > typecast_init(module)) { goto exit; }
     if (0 > adapters_init(module)) { goto exit; }
diff --git a/psycopg/typecast.c b/psycopg/typecast.c
index 4f713b16..3ac51e79 100644
--- a/psycopg/typecast.c
+++ b/psycopg/typecast.c
@@ -32,15 +32,6 @@
 
 /* useful function used by some typecasters */
 
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-static const char *
-skip_until_space(const char *s)
-{
-    while (*s && *s != ' ') s++;
-    return s;
-}
-#endif
-
 static const char *
 skip_until_space2(const char *s, Py_ssize_t *len)
 {
@@ -82,11 +73,11 @@ typecast_parse_date(const char* s, const char** t, Py_ssize_t* len,
         cz += 1;
     }
 
-    /* Is this a BC date?  If so, adjust the year value.  Note that
-     * mx.DateTime numbers BC dates from zero rather than one.  The
-     * Python datetime module does not support BC dates at all. */
+    /* Is this a BC date?  If so, adjust the year value.  However
+     * Python datetime module does not support BC dates, so this will raise
+     * an exception downstream. */
     if (*len >= 2 && s[*len-2] == 'B' && s[*len-1] == 'C')
-        *year = 1 - (*year);
+        *year = -(*year);
 
     if (t != NULL) *t = s;
 
@@ -175,11 +166,6 @@ typecast_parse_time(const char* s, const char** t, Py_ssize_t* len,
 #include "psycopg/typecast_basic.c"
 #include "psycopg/typecast_binary.c"
 #include "psycopg/typecast_datetime.c"
-
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-#include "psycopg/typecast_mxdatetime.c"
-#endif
-
 #include "psycopg/typecast_array.c"
 
 static long int typecast_default_DEFAULT[] = {0};
@@ -218,29 +204,6 @@ static typecastObject_initlist typecast_pydatetime[] = {
     {NULL, NULL, NULL}
 };
 
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-#define typecast_MXDATETIMEARRAY_cast typecast_GENERIC_ARRAY_cast
-#define typecast_MXDATETIMETZARRAY_cast typecast_GENERIC_ARRAY_cast
-#define typecast_MXDATEARRAY_cast typecast_GENERIC_ARRAY_cast
-#define typecast_MXTIMEARRAY_cast typecast_GENERIC_ARRAY_cast
-#define typecast_MXINTERVALARRAY_cast typecast_GENERIC_ARRAY_cast
-
-/* a list of initializers, used to make the typecasters accessible anyway */
-static typecastObject_initlist typecast_mxdatetime[] = {
-    {"MXDATETIME", typecast_DATETIME_types, typecast_MXDATE_cast},
-    {"MXDATETIMETZ", typecast_DATETIMETZ_types, typecast_MXDATE_cast},
-    {"MXTIME", typecast_TIME_types, typecast_MXTIME_cast},
-    {"MXDATE", typecast_DATE_types, typecast_MXDATE_cast},
-    {"MXINTERVAL", typecast_INTERVAL_types, typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast},
-    {"MXDATETIMEARRAY", typecast_DATETIMEARRAY_types, typecast_MXDATETIMEARRAY_cast, "MXDATETIME"},
-    {"MXDATETIMETZARRAY", typecast_DATETIMETZARRAY_types, typecast_MXDATETIMETZARRAY_cast, "MXDATETIMETZ"},
-    {"MXTIMEARRAY", typecast_TIMEARRAY_types, typecast_MXTIMEARRAY_cast, "MXTIME"},
-    {"MXDATEARRAY", typecast_DATEARRAY_types, typecast_MXDATEARRAY_cast, "MXDATE"},
-    {"MXINTERVALARRAY", typecast_INTERVALARRAY_types, typecast_MXINTERVALARRAY_cast, "MXINTERVAL"},
-    {NULL, NULL, NULL}
-};
-#endif
-
 
 /** the type dictionary and associated functions **/
 
@@ -291,18 +254,6 @@ typecast_init(PyObject *module)
     psyco_default_cast = typecast_from_c(&typecast_default, dict);
 
     /* register the date/time typecasters with their original names */
-#ifdef HAVE_MXDATETIME
-    if (0 == typecast_mxdatetime_init()) {
-        for (i = 0; typecast_mxdatetime[i].name != NULL; i++) {
-            t = (typecastObject *)typecast_from_c(&(typecast_mxdatetime[i]), dict);
-            if (t == NULL) { goto exit; }
-            PyDict_SetItem(dict, t->name, (PyObject *)t);
-            Py_DECREF((PyObject *)t);
-            t = NULL;
-        }
-    }
-#endif
-
     if (0 > typecast_datetime_init()) { goto exit; }
     for (i = 0; typecast_pydatetime[i].name != NULL; i++) {
         t = (typecastObject *)typecast_from_c(&(typecast_pydatetime[i]), dict);
diff --git a/psycopg/typecast_datetime.c b/psycopg/typecast_datetime.c
index 095fce17..121a2282 100644
--- a/psycopg/typecast_datetime.c
+++ b/psycopg/typecast_datetime.c
@@ -104,9 +104,18 @@ _parse_inftz(const char *str, PyObject *curs)
         goto exit;
     }
 
-    if (!(tzinfo = PyObject_CallFunction(tzinfo_factory, "i", 0))) {
-        goto exit;
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03070000
+    {
+        PyObject *tzoff;
+        if (!(tzoff = PyDelta_FromDSU(0, 0, 0))) { goto exit; }
+        tzinfo = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(tzinfo_factory, tzoff, NULL);
+        Py_DECREF(tzoff);
+        if (!tzinfo) { goto exit; }
     }
+#else
+    tzinfo = PyDateTime_TimeZone_UTC;
+    Py_INCREF(tzinfo);
+#endif
 
     /* m.replace(tzinfo=tzinfo) */
     if (!(args = PyTuple_New(0))) { goto exit; }
@@ -129,10 +138,11 @@ static PyObject *
 _parse_noninftz(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
 {
     PyObject* rv = NULL;
+    PyObject *tzoff = NULL;
     PyObject *tzinfo = NULL;
     PyObject *tzinfo_factory;
     int n, y=0, m=0, d=0;
-    int hh=0, mm=0, ss=0, us=0, tz=0;
+    int hh=0, mm=0, ss=0, us=0, tzsec=0;
     const char *tp = NULL;
 
     Dprintf("typecast_PYDATETIMETZ_cast: s = %s", str);
@@ -147,11 +157,11 @@ _parse_noninftz(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
     }
 
     if (len > 0) {
-        n = typecast_parse_time(tp, NULL, &len, &hh, &mm, &ss, &us, &tz);
+        n = typecast_parse_time(tp, NULL, &len, &hh, &mm, &ss, &us, &tzsec);
         Dprintf("typecast_PYDATETIMETZ_cast: n = %d,"
             " len = " FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T ","
-            " hh = %d, mm = %d, ss = %d, us = %d, tz = %d",
-            n, len, hh, mm, ss, us, tz);
+            " hh = %d, mm = %d, ss = %d, us = %d, tzsec = %d",
+            n, len, hh, mm, ss, us, tzsec);
         if (n < 3 || n > 6) {
             PyErr_SetString(DataError, "unable to parse time");
             goto exit;
@@ -169,17 +179,20 @@ _parse_noninftz(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
     if (n >= 5 && tzinfo_factory != Py_None) {
         /* we have a time zone, calculate minutes and create
            appropriate tzinfo object calling the factory */
-        Dprintf("typecast_PYDATETIMETZ_cast: UTC offset = %ds", tz);
+        Dprintf("typecast_PYDATETIMETZ_cast: UTC offset = %ds", tzsec);
 
-        /* The datetime module requires that time zone offsets be
-           a whole number of minutes, so truncate the seconds to the
-           closest minute. */
-        // printf("%d %d %d\n", tz, tzmin, round(tz / 60.0));
-        if (!(tzinfo = PyObject_CallFunction(tzinfo_factory, "i",
-                (int)round(tz / 60.0)))) {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03070000
+        /* Before Python 3.7 the timezone offset had to be a whole number
+         * of minutes, so round the seconds to the closest minute */
+        tzsec = 60 * (int)round(tzsec / 60.0);
+#endif
+        if (!(tzoff = PyDelta_FromDSU(0, tzsec, 0))) { goto exit; }
+        if (!(tzinfo = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(
+                tzinfo_factory, tzoff, NULL))) {
             goto exit;
         }
-    } else {
+    }
+    else {
         Py_INCREF(Py_None);
         tzinfo = Py_None;
     }
@@ -192,6 +205,7 @@ _parse_noninftz(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
         y, m, d, hh, mm, ss, us, tzinfo);
 
 exit:
+    Py_XDECREF(tzoff);
     Py_XDECREF(tzinfo);
     return rv;
 }
@@ -232,17 +246,18 @@ typecast_PYDATETIMETZ_cast(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
 static PyObject *
 typecast_PYTIME_cast(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
 {
-    PyObject* obj = NULL;
+    PyObject* rv = NULL;
+    PyObject *tzoff = NULL;
     PyObject *tzinfo = NULL;
     PyObject *tzinfo_factory;
-    int n, hh=0, mm=0, ss=0, us=0, tz=0;
+    int n, hh=0, mm=0, ss=0, us=0, tzsec=0;
 
     if (str == NULL) { Py_RETURN_NONE; }
 
-    n = typecast_parse_time(str, NULL, &len, &hh, &mm, &ss, &us, &tz);
+    n = typecast_parse_time(str, NULL, &len, &hh, &mm, &ss, &us, &tzsec);
     Dprintf("typecast_PYTIME_cast: n = %d, len = " FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T ", "
-            "hh = %d, mm = %d, ss = %d, us = %d, tz = %d",
-            n, len, hh, mm, ss, us, tz);
+            "hh = %d, mm = %d, ss = %d, us = %d, tzsec = %d",
+            n, len, hh, mm, ss, us, tzsec);
 
     if (n < 3 || n > 6) {
         PyErr_SetString(DataError, "unable to parse time");
@@ -254,25 +269,32 @@ typecast_PYTIME_cast(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
     }
     tzinfo_factory = ((cursorObject *)curs)->tzinfo_factory;
     if (n >= 5 && tzinfo_factory != Py_None) {
-        /* we have a time zone, calculate minutes and create
+        /* we have a time zone, calculate seconds and create
            appropriate tzinfo object calling the factory */
-        Dprintf("typecast_PYTIME_cast: UTC offset = %ds", tz);
+        Dprintf("typecast_PYTIME_cast: UTC offset = %ds", tzsec);
 
-        /* The datetime module requires that time zone offsets be
-           a whole number of minutes, so truncate the seconds to the
-           closest minute. */
-        tzinfo = PyObject_CallFunction(tzinfo_factory, "i",
-            (int)round(tz / 60.0));
-    } else {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03070000
+        /* Before Python 3.7 the timezone offset had to be a whole number
+         * of minutes, so round the seconds to the closest minute */
+        tzsec = 60 * (int)round(tzsec / 60.0);
+#endif
+        if (!(tzoff = PyDelta_FromDSU(0, tzsec, 0))) { goto exit; }
+        if (!(tzinfo = PyObject_CallFunctionObjArgs(tzinfo_factory, tzoff, NULL))) {
+            goto exit;
+        }
+    }
+    else {
         Py_INCREF(Py_None);
         tzinfo = Py_None;
     }
-    if (tzinfo != NULL) {
-        obj = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject*)PyDateTimeAPI->TimeType, "iiiiO",
-                                    hh, mm, ss, us, tzinfo);
-        Py_DECREF(tzinfo);
-    }
-    return obj;
+
+    rv = PyObject_CallFunction((PyObject*)PyDateTimeAPI->TimeType, "iiiiO",
+                                hh, mm, ss, us, tzinfo);
+
+exit:
+    Py_XDECREF(tzoff);
+    Py_XDECREF(tzinfo);
+    return rv;
 }
 
 
diff --git a/psycopg/typecast_mxdatetime.c b/psycopg/typecast_mxdatetime.c
deleted file mode 100644
index d308f136..00000000
--- a/psycopg/typecast_mxdatetime.c
+++ /dev/null
@@ -1,241 +0,0 @@
-/* typecast_mxdatetime.c - date and time typecasting functions to mx types
- *
- * Copyright (C) 2001-2019 Federico Di Gregorio <fog@debian.org>
- * Copyright (C) 2020 The Psycopg Team
- *
- * This file is part of psycopg.
- *
- * psycopg2 is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify it
- * under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public License as published
- * by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or
- * (at your option) any later version.
- *
- * In addition, as a special exception, the copyright holders give
- * permission to link this program with the OpenSSL library (or with
- * modified versions of OpenSSL that use the same license as OpenSSL),
- * and distribute linked combinations including the two.
- *
- * You must obey the GNU Lesser General Public License in all respects for
- * all of the code used other than OpenSSL.
- *
- * psycopg2 is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, but WITHOUT
- * ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or
- * FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
- * License for more details.
- */
-
-#include "mxDateTime.h"
-
-
-/* Return 0 on success, -1 on failure, but don't set an exception */
-
-static int
-typecast_mxdatetime_init(void)
-{
-    if (mxDateTime_ImportModuleAndAPI()) {
-        Dprintf("typecast_mxdatetime_init: mx.DateTime initialization failed");
-        PyErr_Clear();
-        return -1;
-    }
-    return 0;
-}
-
-
-/** DATE - cast a date into mx.DateTime python object **/
-
-static PyObject *
-typecast_MXDATE_cast(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
-{
-    int n, y=0, m=0, d=0;
-    int hh=0, mm=0, ss=0, us=0, tz=0;
-    const char *tp = NULL;
-
-    if (str == NULL) { Py_RETURN_NONE; }
-
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXDATE_cast: s = %s", str);
-
-    /* check for infinity */
-    if (!strcmp(str, "infinity") || !strcmp(str, "-infinity")) {
-        if (str[0] == '-') {
-            return mxDateTime.DateTime_FromDateAndTime(-999998,1,1, 0,0,0);
-        }
-        else {
-            return mxDateTime.DateTime_FromDateAndTime(999999,12,31, 0,0,0);
-        }
-    }
-
-    n = typecast_parse_date(str, &tp, &len, &y, &m, &d);
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXDATE_cast: tp = %p n = %d,"
-            " len = " FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T ","
-            " y = %d, m = %d, d = %d", tp, n, len, y, m, d);
-    if (n != 3) {
-        PyErr_SetString(DataError, "unable to parse date");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    if (len > 0) {
-        n = typecast_parse_time(tp, NULL, &len, &hh, &mm, &ss, &us, &tz);
-        Dprintf("typecast_MXDATE_cast: n = %d,"
-            " len = " FORMAT_CODE_PY_SSIZE_T ","
-            " hh = %d, mm = %d, ss = %d, us = %d, tz = %d",
-            n, len, hh, mm, ss, us, tz);
-        if (n != 0 && (n < 3 || n > 6)) {
-            PyErr_SetString(DataError, "unable to parse time");
-            return NULL;
-        }
-    }
-
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXDATE_cast: fractionary seconds: %lf",
-        (double)ss + (double)us/(double)1000000.0);
-    return mxDateTime.DateTime_FromDateAndTime(y, m, d, hh, mm,
-        (double)ss + (double)us/(double)1000000.0);
-}
-
-/** TIME - parse time into an mx.DateTime object **/
-
-static PyObject *
-typecast_MXTIME_cast(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
-{
-    int n, hh=0, mm=0, ss=0, us=0, tz=0;
-
-    if (str == NULL) { Py_RETURN_NONE; }
-
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXTIME_cast: s = %s", str);
-
-    n = typecast_parse_time(str, NULL, &len, &hh, &mm, &ss, &us, &tz);
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXTIME_cast: time parsed, %d components", n);
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXTIME_cast: hh = %d, mm = %d, ss = %d, us = %d",
-             hh, mm, ss, us);
-
-    if (n < 3 || n > 6) {
-        PyErr_SetString(DataError, "unable to parse time");
-        return NULL;
-    }
-
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXTIME_cast: fractionary seconds: %lf",
-        (double)ss + (double)us/(double)1000000.0);
-    return mxDateTime.DateTimeDelta_FromTime(hh, mm,
-        (double)ss + (double)us/(double)1000000.0);
-}
-
-/** INTERVAL - parse an interval into an mx.DateTimeDelta **/
-
-static PyObject *
-typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast(const char *str, Py_ssize_t len, PyObject *curs)
-{
-    long years = 0, months = 0, days = 0, denominator = 1;
-    double hours = 0.0, minutes = 0.0, seconds = 0.0, hundredths = 0.0;
-    double v = 0.0, sign = 1.0;
-    int part = 0;
-
-    if (str == NULL) { Py_RETURN_NONE; }
-
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: s = %s", str);
-
-    while (*str) {
-        switch (*str) {
-
-        case '-':
-            sign = -1.0;
-            break;
-
-        case '0': case '1': case '2': case '3': case '4':
-        case '5': case '6': case '7': case '8': case '9':
-            v = v * 10.0 + (double)(*str - '0');
-            Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: v = %f", v);
-            if (part == 6){
-                denominator *= 10;
-                Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: denominator = %ld",
-                        denominator);
-            }
-            break;
-
-        case 'y':
-            if (part == 0) {
-                years = (long)(v*sign);
-                str = skip_until_space(str);
-                Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: years = %ld, rest = %s",
-                        years, str);
-                v = 0.0; sign = 1.0; part = 1;
-            }
-            break;
-
-        case 'm':
-            if (part <= 1) {
-                months = (long)(v*sign);
-                str = skip_until_space(str);
-                Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: months = %ld, rest = %s",
-                        months, str);
-                v = 0.0; sign = 1.0; part = 2;
-            }
-            break;
-
-        case 'd':
-            if (part <= 2) {
-                days = (long)(v*sign);
-                str = skip_until_space(str);
-                Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: days = %ld, rest = %s",
-                        days, str);
-                v = 0.0; sign = 1.0; part = 3;
-            }
-            break;
-
-        case ':':
-            if (part <= 3) {
-                hours = v;
-                Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: hours = %f", hours);
-                v = 0.0; part = 4;
-            }
-            else if (part == 4) {
-                minutes = v;
-                Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: minutes = %f", minutes);
-                v = 0.0; part = 5;
-            }
-            break;
-
-        case '.':
-            if (part == 5) {
-                seconds = v;
-                Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: seconds = %f", seconds);
-                v = 0.0; part = 6;
-            }
-            break;
-
-        default:
-            break;
-        }
-
-        str++;
-    }
-
-    /* manage last value, be it minutes or seconds or hundredths of a second */
-    if (part == 4) {
-        minutes = v;
-        Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: minutes = %f", minutes);
-    }
-    else if (part == 5) {
-        seconds = v;
-        Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: seconds = %f", seconds);
-    }
-    else if (part == 6) {
-        hundredths = v;
-        Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: hundredths = %f", hundredths);
-        hundredths = hundredths/denominator;
-        Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: fractions = %.20f", hundredths);
-    }
-
-    /* calculates seconds */
-    if (sign < 0.0) {
-        seconds = - (hundredths + seconds + minutes*60 + hours*3600);
-    }
-    else {
-        seconds += hundredths + minutes*60 + hours*3600;
-    }
-
-    /* calculates days */
-    days += years*365 + months*30;
-
-    Dprintf("typecast_MXINTERVAL_cast: days = %ld, seconds = %f",
-            days, seconds);
-    return mxDateTime.DateTimeDelta_FromDaysAndSeconds(days, seconds);
-}
diff --git a/psycopg2.cproj b/psycopg2.cproj
index af752d22..4c232785 100644
--- a/psycopg2.cproj
+++ b/psycopg2.cproj
@@ -58,7 +58,6 @@
     <None Include="psycopg\adapter_binary.h" />
     <None Include="psycopg\adapter_datetime.h" />
     <None Include="psycopg\adapter_list.h" />
-    <None Include="psycopg\adapter_mxdatetime.h" />
     <None Include="psycopg\adapter_pboolean.h" />
     <None Include="psycopg\adapter_qstring.h" />
     <None Include="psycopg\config.h" />
@@ -166,7 +165,6 @@
     <Compile Include="psycopg\adapter_binary.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\adapter_datetime.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\adapter_list.c" />
-    <Compile Include="psycopg\adapter_mxdatetime.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\adapter_pboolean.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\adapter_qstring.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\connection_int.c" />
@@ -187,7 +185,6 @@
     <Compile Include="psycopg\typecast_binary.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\typecast_builtins.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\typecast_datetime.c" />
-    <Compile Include="psycopg\typecast_mxdatetime.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\utils.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\win32_support.c" />
     <Compile Include="psycopg\lobject_int.c" />
diff --git a/setup.cfg b/setup.cfg
index 43c61d16..04328554 100644
--- a/setup.cfg
+++ b/setup.cfg
@@ -1,16 +1,12 @@
 [build_ext]
 # PSYCOPG_DEBUG can be added to enable verbose debug information
-define=
+define=PSYCOPG_DEBUG
 
 # "pg_config" is required to locate PostgreSQL headers and libraries needed to
 # build psycopg2. If pg_config is not in the path or is installed under a
 # different name set the following option to the pg_config full path.
 pg_config=
 
-# If the build system does not find the mx.DateTime headers, try
-# setting its value to the right path.
-mx_include_dir=
-
 # For Windows only:
 # Set to 1 if the PostgreSQL library was built with OpenSSL.
 # Required to link in OpenSSL libraries and dependencies.
diff --git a/setup.py b/setup.py
index 2cdb7c2c..a844db14 100644
--- a/setup.py
+++ b/setup.py
@@ -230,7 +230,6 @@ class psycopg_build_ext(build_ext):
     def initialize_options(self):
         build_ext.initialize_options(self)
         self.pgdir = None
-        self.mx_include_dir = None
         self.have_ssl = have_ssl
         self.static_libpq = static_libpq
         self.pg_config = None
@@ -497,24 +496,6 @@ depends = [
 parser = configparser.ConfigParser()
 parser.read('setup.cfg')
 
-# check for mx package
-mxincludedir = ''
-if parser.has_option('build_ext', 'mx_include_dir'):
-    mxincludedir = parser.get('build_ext', 'mx_include_dir')
-if not mxincludedir:
-    # look for mxDateTime.h; prefer one located in venv
-    candidate_dirs = [os.path.join(d, 'mx', 'DateTime', 'mxDateTime') for d in sys.path] \
-                   + [os.path.join(get_python_inc(plat_specific=1), "mx")]
-    candidate_dirs = [d for d in candidate_dirs if os.path.exists(os.path.join(d, 'mxDateTime.h'))] or ['']
-    mxincludedir = candidate_dirs[0]
-if mxincludedir.strip() and os.path.exists(mxincludedir):
-    # Build the support for mx: we will check at runtime if it can be imported
-    include_dirs.append(mxincludedir)
-    define_macros.append(('HAVE_MXDATETIME', '1'))
-    sources.append('adapter_mxdatetime.c')
-    depends.extend(['adapter_mxdatetime.h', 'typecast_mxdatetime.c'])
-    version_flags.append('mx')
-
 # generate a nice version string to avoid confusion when users report bugs
 version_flags.append('pq3')     # no more a choice
 version_flags.append('ext')     # no more a choice
diff --git a/tests/test_dates.py b/tests/test_dates.py
index 29c37b09..d4d2e7fe 100755
--- a/tests/test_dates.py
+++ b/tests/test_dates.py
@@ -23,21 +23,16 @@
 # FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU Lesser General Public
 # License for more details.
 
+import sys
 import math
 import pickle
-from datetime import date, datetime, time, timedelta
+from datetime import date, datetime, time, timedelta, timezone
 
 import psycopg2
 from psycopg2.tz import FixedOffsetTimezone, ZERO
 import unittest
 from .testutils import ConnectingTestCase, skip_before_postgres, skip_if_crdb
 
-try:
-    from mx.DateTime import Date, Time, DateTime, DateTimeDeltaFrom
-except ImportError:
-    # Tests will be skipped
-    pass
-
 
 def total_seconds(d):
     """Return total number of seconds of a timedelta as a float."""
@@ -157,17 +152,27 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
         self.check_time_tz("-01", -3600)
         self.check_time_tz("+01:15", 4500)
         self.check_time_tz("-01:15", -4500)
-        # The Python datetime module does not support time zone
-        # offsets that are not a whole number of minutes.
-        # We round the offset to the nearest minute.
-        self.check_time_tz("+01:15:00", 60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_time_tz("+01:15:29", 60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_time_tz("+01:15:30", 60 * (60 + 16))
-        self.check_time_tz("+01:15:59", 60 * (60 + 16))
-        self.check_time_tz("-01:15:00", -60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_time_tz("-01:15:29", -60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_time_tz("-01:15:30", -60 * (60 + 16))
-        self.check_time_tz("-01:15:59", -60 * (60 + 16))
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
+            # The Python < 3.7 datetime module does not support time zone
+            # offsets that are not a whole number of minutes.
+            # We round the offset to the nearest minute.
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:00", 60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:29", 60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:30", 60 * (60 + 16))
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:59", 60 * (60 + 16))
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:00", -60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:29", -60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:30", -60 * (60 + 16))
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:59", -60 * (60 + 16))
+        else:
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:00", 60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:29", 60 * (60 + 15) + 29)
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:30", 60 * (60 + 15) + 30)
+            self.check_time_tz("+01:15:59", 60 * (60 + 15) + 59)
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:00", -(60 * (60 + 15)))
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:29", -(60 * (60 + 15) + 29))
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:30", -(60 * (60 + 15) + 30))
+            self.check_time_tz("-01:15:59", -(60 * (60 + 15) + 59))
 
     def check_datetime_tz(self, str_offset, offset):
         base = datetime(2007, 1, 1, 13, 30, 29)
@@ -183,26 +188,52 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
         self.assertEqual(value.replace(tzinfo=None), base)
 
         # Conversion to UTC produces the expected offset.
-        UTC = FixedOffsetTimezone(0, "UTC")
+        UTC = timezone(timedelta(0))
         value_utc = value.astimezone(UTC).replace(tzinfo=None)
         self.assertEqual(base - value_utc, timedelta(seconds=offset))
 
+    def test_default_tzinfo(self):
+        self.curs.execute("select '2000-01-01 00:00+02:00'::timestamptz")
+        dt = self.curs.fetchone()[0]
+        self.assert_(isinstance(dt.tzinfo, timezone))
+        self.assertEqual(dt,
+            datetime(2000, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=120))))
+
+    def test_fotz_tzinfo(self):
+        self.curs.tzinfo_factory = FixedOffsetTimezone
+        self.curs.execute("select '2000-01-01 00:00+02:00'::timestamptz")
+        dt = self.curs.fetchone()[0]
+        self.assert_(not isinstance(dt.tzinfo, timezone))
+        self.assert_(isinstance(dt.tzinfo, FixedOffsetTimezone))
+        self.assertEqual(dt,
+            datetime(2000, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=120))))
+
     def test_parse_datetime_timezone(self):
         self.check_datetime_tz("+01", 3600)
         self.check_datetime_tz("-01", -3600)
         self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15", 4500)
         self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15", -4500)
-        # The Python datetime module does not support time zone
-        # offsets that are not a whole number of minutes.
-        # We round the offset to the nearest minute.
-        self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:00", 60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:29", 60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:30", 60 * (60 + 16))
-        self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:59", 60 * (60 + 16))
-        self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:00", -60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:29", -60 * (60 + 15))
-        self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:30", -60 * (60 + 16))
-        self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:59", -60 * (60 + 16))
+        if sys.version_info < (3, 7):
+            # The Python < 3.7 datetime module does not support time zone
+            # offsets that are not a whole number of minutes.
+            # We round the offset to the nearest minute.
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:00", 60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:29", 60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:30", 60 * (60 + 16))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:59", 60 * (60 + 16))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:00", -60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:29", -60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:30", -60 * (60 + 16))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:59", -60 * (60 + 16))
+        else:
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:00", 60 * (60 + 15))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:29", 60 * (60 + 15) + 29)
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:30", 60 * (60 + 15) + 30)
+            self.check_datetime_tz("+01:15:59", 60 * (60 + 15) + 59)
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:00", -(60 * (60 + 15)))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:29", -(60 * (60 + 15) + 29))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:30", -(60 * (60 + 15) + 30))
+            self.check_datetime_tz("-01:15:59", -(60 * (60 + 15) + 59))
 
     def test_parse_time_no_timezone(self):
         self.assertEqual(self.TIME("13:30:29", self.curs).tzinfo, None)
@@ -286,7 +317,7 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
         self.assertEqual(None, dt.tzinfo)
 
     def test_type_roundtrip_datetimetz(self):
-        tz = FixedOffsetTimezone(8 * 60)
+        tz = timezone(timedelta(minutes=8 * 60))
         dt1 = datetime(2010, 5, 3, 10, 20, 30, tzinfo=tz)
         dt2 = self._test_type_roundtrip(dt1)
         self.assertNotEqual(None, dt2.tzinfo)
@@ -297,7 +328,7 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
         self.assertEqual(None, tm.tzinfo)
 
     def test_type_roundtrip_timetz(self):
-        tz = FixedOffsetTimezone(8 * 60)
+        tz = timezone(timedelta(minutes=8 * 60))
         tm1 = time(10, 20, 30, tzinfo=tz)
         tm2 = self._test_type_roundtrip(tm1)
         self.assertNotEqual(None, tm2.tzinfo)
@@ -314,7 +345,7 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
 
     def test_type_roundtrip_datetimetz_array(self):
         self._test_type_roundtrip_array(
-            datetime(2010, 5, 3, 10, 20, 30, tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(0)))
+            datetime(2010, 5, 3, 10, 20, 30, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(0))))
 
     def test_type_roundtrip_time_array(self):
         self._test_type_roundtrip_array(time(10, 20, 30))
@@ -328,10 +359,10 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
         self.assertEqual(t, time(0, 0))
 
         t = self.execute("select '24:00+05'::timetz;")
-        self.assertEqual(t, time(0, 0, tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(300)))
+        self.assertEqual(t, time(0, 0, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=300))))
 
         t = self.execute("select '24:00+05:30'::timetz;")
-        self.assertEqual(t, time(0, 0, tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(330)))
+        self.assertEqual(t, time(0, 0, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=330))))
 
     @skip_before_postgres(8, 1)
     def test_large_interval(self):
@@ -399,11 +430,11 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
 
         t = self.execute("select 'infinity'::timestamptz")
         self.assert_(t.tzinfo is not None)
-        self.assert_(t > datetime(4000, 1, 1, tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone()))
+        self.assert_(t > datetime(4000, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(0))))
 
         t = self.execute("select '-infinity'::timestamptz")
         self.assert_(t.tzinfo is not None)
-        self.assert_(t < datetime(1000, 1, 1, tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone()))
+        self.assert_(t < datetime(1000, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(0))))
 
     def test_redshift_day(self):
         # Redshift is reported returning 1 day interval as microsec (bug #558)
@@ -435,169 +466,6 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
         self.assertRaises(psycopg2.NotSupportedError, cur.fetchone)
 
 
-@unittest.skipUnless(
-    hasattr(psycopg2._psycopg, 'MXDATETIME'),
-    'Requires mx.DateTime support'
-)
-class mxDateTimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
-    """Tests for the mx.DateTime based date handling in psycopg2."""
-
-    def setUp(self):
-        ConnectingTestCase.setUp(self)
-        self.curs = self.conn.cursor()
-        self.DATE = psycopg2._psycopg.MXDATE
-        self.TIME = psycopg2._psycopg.MXTIME
-        self.DATETIME = psycopg2._psycopg.MXDATETIME
-        self.INTERVAL = psycopg2._psycopg.MXINTERVAL
-
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(self.DATE, self.conn)
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(self.TIME, self.conn)
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(self.DATETIME, self.conn)
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(self.INTERVAL, self.conn)
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(psycopg2.extensions.MXDATEARRAY, self.conn)
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(psycopg2.extensions.MXTIMEARRAY, self.conn)
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(
-            psycopg2.extensions.MXDATETIMEARRAY, self.conn)
-        psycopg2.extensions.register_type(
-            psycopg2.extensions.MXINTERVALARRAY, self.conn)
-
-    def tearDown(self):
-        self.conn.close()
-
-    def test_parse_bc_date(self):
-        value = self.DATE('00042-01-01 BC', self.curs)
-        self.assert_(value is not None)
-        # mx.DateTime numbers BC dates from 0 rather than 1.
-        self.assertEqual(value.year, -41)
-        self.assertEqual(value.month, 1)
-        self.assertEqual(value.day, 1)
-
-    def test_parse_bc_datetime(self):
-        value = self.DATETIME('00042-01-01 13:30:29 BC', self.curs)
-        self.assert_(value is not None)
-        # mx.DateTime numbers BC dates from 0 rather than 1.
-        self.assertEqual(value.year, -41)
-        self.assertEqual(value.month, 1)
-        self.assertEqual(value.day, 1)
-        self.assertEqual(value.hour, 13)
-        self.assertEqual(value.minute, 30)
-        self.assertEqual(value.second, 29)
-
-    def test_parse_time_microseconds(self):
-        value = self.TIME('13:30:29.123456', self.curs)
-        self.assertEqual(math.floor(value.second), 29)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            int((value.second - math.floor(value.second)) * 1000000), 123456)
-
-    def test_parse_datetime_microseconds(self):
-        value = self.DATETIME('2007-01-01 13:30:29.123456', self.curs)
-        self.assertEqual(math.floor(value.second), 29)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            int((value.second - math.floor(value.second)) * 1000000), 123456)
-
-    def test_parse_time_timezone(self):
-        # Time zone information is ignored.
-        expected = Time(13, 30, 29)
-        self.assertEqual(expected, self.TIME("13:30:29+01", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(expected, self.TIME("13:30:29-01", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(expected, self.TIME("13:30:29+01:15", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(expected, self.TIME("13:30:29-01:15", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(expected, self.TIME("13:30:29+01:15:42", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(expected, self.TIME("13:30:29-01:15:42", self.curs))
-
-    def test_parse_datetime_timezone(self):
-        # Time zone information is ignored.
-        expected = DateTime(2007, 1, 1, 13, 30, 29)
-        self.assertEqual(
-            expected, self.DATETIME("2007-01-01 13:30:29+01", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(
-            expected, self.DATETIME("2007-01-01 13:30:29-01", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(
-            expected, self.DATETIME("2007-01-01 13:30:29+01:15", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(
-            expected, self.DATETIME("2007-01-01 13:30:29-01:15", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(
-            expected, self.DATETIME("2007-01-01 13:30:29+01:15:42", self.curs))
-        self.assertEqual(
-            expected, self.DATETIME("2007-01-01 13:30:29-01:15:42", self.curs))
-
-    def test_parse_interval(self):
-        value = self.INTERVAL('42 days 05:50:05', self.curs)
-        self.assert_(value is not None)
-        self.assertEqual(value.day, 42)
-        self.assertEqual(value.hour, 5)
-        self.assertEqual(value.minute, 50)
-        self.assertEqual(value.second, 5)
-
-    def test_adapt_time(self):
-        value = self.execute('select (%s)::time::text',
-                             [Time(13, 30, 29)])
-        self.assertEqual(value, '13:30:29')
-
-    def test_adapt_datetime(self):
-        value = self.execute('select (%s)::timestamp::text',
-                             [DateTime(2007, 1, 1, 13, 30, 29.123456)])
-        self.assertEqual(value, '2007-01-01 13:30:29.123456')
-
-    def test_adapt_bc_datetime(self):
-        value = self.execute('select (%s)::timestamp::text',
-                             [DateTime(-41, 1, 1, 13, 30, 29.123456)])
-        # microsecs for BC timestamps look not available in PG < 8.4
-        # but more likely it's determined at compile time.
-        self.assert_(value in (
-            '0042-01-01 13:30:29.123456 BC',
-            '0042-01-01 13:30:29 BC'), value)
-
-    def test_adapt_timedelta(self):
-        value = self.execute('select extract(epoch from (%s)::interval)',
-                             [DateTimeDeltaFrom(days=42,
-                                                seconds=45296.123456)])
-        seconds = math.floor(value)
-        self.assertEqual(seconds, 3674096)
-        self.assertEqual(int(round((value - seconds) * 1000000)), 123456)
-
-    def test_adapt_negative_timedelta(self):
-        value = self.execute('select extract(epoch from (%s)::interval)',
-                             [DateTimeDeltaFrom(days=-42,
-                                                seconds=45296.123456)])
-        seconds = math.floor(value)
-        self.assertEqual(seconds, -3583504)
-        self.assertEqual(int(round((value - seconds) * 1000000)), 123456)
-
-    def _test_type_roundtrip(self, o1):
-        o2 = self.execute("select %s;", (o1,))
-        self.assertEqual(type(o1), type(o2))
-
-    def _test_type_roundtrip_array(self, o1):
-        o1 = [o1]
-        o2 = self.execute("select %s;", (o1,))
-        self.assertEqual(type(o1[0]), type(o2[0]))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_date(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip(Date(2010, 5, 3))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_datetime(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip(DateTime(2010, 5, 3, 10, 20, 30))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_time(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip(Time(10, 20, 30))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_interval(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip(DateTimeDeltaFrom(seconds=30))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_date_array(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip_array(Date(2010, 5, 3))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_datetime_array(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip_array(DateTime(2010, 5, 3, 10, 20, 30))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_time_array(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip_array(Time(10, 20, 30))
-
-    def test_type_roundtrip_interval_array(self):
-        self._test_type_roundtrip_array(DateTimeDeltaFrom(seconds=30))
-
-
 class FromTicksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
     # bug "TimestampFromTicks() throws ValueError (2-2.0.14)"
     # reported by Jozsef Szalay on 2010-05-06
@@ -605,7 +473,7 @@ class FromTicksTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         s = psycopg2.TimestampFromTicks(1273173119.99992)
         self.assertEqual(s.adapted,
             datetime(2010, 5, 6, 14, 11, 59, 999920,
-                tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(-5 * 60)))
+                tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=-5 * 60))))
 
     def test_date_value_error_sec_59_99(self):
         s = psycopg2.DateFromTicks(1273173119.99992)
@@ -628,17 +496,27 @@ class FixedOffsetTimezoneTests(unittest.TestCase):
     def test_repr_with_positive_offset(self):
         tzinfo = FixedOffsetTimezone(5 * 60)
         self.assertEqual(repr(tzinfo),
-            "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=300, name=None)")
+            "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=%r, name=None)"
+            % timedelta(minutes=5 * 60))
 
     def test_repr_with_negative_offset(self):
         tzinfo = FixedOffsetTimezone(-5 * 60)
         self.assertEqual(repr(tzinfo),
-            "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=-300, name=None)")
+            "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=%r, name=None)"
+            % timedelta(minutes=-5 * 60))
+
+    def test_init_with_timedelta(self):
+        td = timedelta(minutes=5 * 60)
+        tzinfo = FixedOffsetTimezone(td)
+        self.assertEqual(tzinfo, FixedOffsetTimezone(5 * 60))
+        self.assertEqual(repr(tzinfo),
+            "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=%r, name=None)" % td)
 
     def test_repr_with_name(self):
         tzinfo = FixedOffsetTimezone(name="FOO")
         self.assertEqual(repr(tzinfo),
-            "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=0, name='FOO')")
+            "psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=%r, name='FOO')"
+            % timedelta(0))
 
     def test_instance_caching(self):
         self.assert_(FixedOffsetTimezone(name="FOO")
diff --git a/tests/test_types_extras.py b/tests/test_types_extras.py
index c6530200..26500eb9 100755
--- a/tests/test_types_extras.py
+++ b/tests/test_types_extras.py
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ import json
 import uuid
 import warnings
 from decimal import Decimal
-from datetime import date, datetime
+from datetime import date, datetime, timedelta, timezone
 from functools import wraps
 from pickle import dumps, loads
 
@@ -38,7 +38,6 @@ from psycopg2.extras import (
     Inet, Json, NumericRange, Range, RealDictConnection,
     register_composite, register_hstore, register_range,
 )
-from psycopg2.tz import FixedOffsetTimezone
 
 
 class TypesExtrasTests(ConnectingTestCase):
@@ -1282,7 +1281,7 @@ class RangeTestCase(unittest.TestCase):
         Date-Time ranges should return a human-readable string as well on
         string conversion.
         '''
-        tz = FixedOffsetTimezone(-5 * 60, "EST")
+        tz = timezone(timedelta(minutes=-5 * 60), "EST")
         r = DateTimeTZRange(datetime(2010, 1, 1, tzinfo=tz),
                             datetime(2011, 1, 1, tzinfo=tz))
         expected = '[2010-01-01 00:00:00-05:00, 2011-01-01 00:00:00-05:00)'
@@ -1377,9 +1376,9 @@ class RangeCasterTestCase(ConnectingTestCase):
 
     def test_cast_timestamptz(self):
         cur = self.conn.cursor()
-        ts1 = datetime(2000, 1, 1, tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(600))
+        ts1 = datetime(2000, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=600)))
         ts2 = datetime(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999,
-                       tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(600))
+                       tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=600)))
         cur.execute("select tstzrange(%s, %s, '[]')", (ts1, ts2))
         r = cur.fetchone()[0]
         self.assert_(isinstance(r, DateTimeTZRange))
@@ -1465,9 +1464,9 @@ class RangeCasterTestCase(ConnectingTestCase):
         self.assert_(isinstance(r1, DateTimeRange))
         self.assert_(r1.isempty)
 
-        ts1 = datetime(2000, 1, 1, tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(600))
+        ts1 = datetime(2000, 1, 1, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=600)))
         ts2 = datetime(2000, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999,
-                       tzinfo=FixedOffsetTimezone(600))
+                       tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(minutes=600)))
         r = DateTimeTZRange(ts1, ts2, '(]')
         cur.execute("select %s", (r,))
         r1 = cur.fetchone()[0]