Use datetime.timezone as default tzinfo_factory.

NEWS

@@ -20,6 +20,8 @@ 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`.
 - Build system for Linux/MacOS binary packages moved to GitHub action, now
   providing :pep:`600`\-style wheels packages.
 

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`
+        object.  Default is `datetime.timezone`.
-        module.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 2.9
+            previosly the default factory was `psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone`.
 
 
     .. method:: nextset()

doc/src/usage.rst

@@ -574,14 +574,13 @@ Time zones handling
 '''''''''''''''''''
 
 The PostgreSQL type :sql:`timestamp with time zone` (a.k.a.
-:sql:`timestamptz`) is converted into Python `~datetime.datetime` objects with
+:sql:`timestamptz`) is converted into Python `~datetime.datetime` objects.
-a `~datetime.datetime.tzinfo` attribute set to a
-`~psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone` instance.
 
     >>> cur.execute("SET TIME ZONE 'Europe/Rome'")  # UTC + 1 hour
     >>> cur.execute("SELECT '2010-01-01 10:30:45'::timestamptz")
-    >>> cur.fetchone()[0].tzinfo
+    >>> cur.fetchone()[0]
-    psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=60, name=None)
+    datetime.datetime(2010, 1, 1, 10, 30, 45,
+        tzinfo=datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(seconds=3600)))
 
 .. note::
 
@@ -594,9 +593,9 @@ a `~datetime.datetime.tzinfo` attribute set to a
         >>> cur.execute("SELECT '1900-01-01 10:30:45'::timestamptz")
         >>> cur.fetchone()[0].tzinfo
         # On Python 3.6: 5h, 21m
-        psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=datetime.timedelta(0, 19260), name=None)
+        datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(0, 19260))
         # On Python 3.7 and following: 5h, 21m, 10s
-        psycopg2.tz.FixedOffsetTimezone(offset=datetime.timedelta(seconds=19270), name=None)
+        datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(seconds=19270))
 
 .. versionchanged:: 2.2.2
     timezones with seconds are supported (with rounding). Previously such
@@ -605,6 +604,9 @@ a `~datetime.datetime.tzinfo` attribute set to a
 .. 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

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"))) {
+        if ((m = PyImport_ImportModule("datetime"))) {
-            self->tzinfo_factory = PyObject_GetAttrString(
+            self->tzinfo_factory = PyObject_GetAttrString(m, "timezone");
-                    m, "FixedOffsetTimezone");
             Py_DECREF(m);
         }
         if (!self->tzinfo_factory) {

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))) {
+#if PY_VERSION_HEX < 0x03070000
-        goto exit;
+    {
+        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; }

tests/test_dates.py

@@ -26,7 +26,7 @@
 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
@@ -192,6 +192,22 @@ class DatetimeTests(ConnectingTestCase, CommonDatetimeTestsMixin):
         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)