[Python-Dev] Add UTC to 2.7 (PyCon sprint idea)

[Brett Cannon]

Defaulting to UTC is not a good idea, which is why relevant methods take an
argument to specify whether to be UTC (exact details are in the patch; don't
remember exact details).

On Feb 16, 2010 4:07 PM, "Greg Ewing" <greg.ewing at canterbury.ac.nz> wrote:

Brett Cannon wrote:

> Issue 5094 already has a patch that is nearly complete to provide a
> default...
Are you sure it's really a good idea to default to UTC?
I thought it was considered a feature that datetime
objects are naive unless you explicitly specify a
timezone.

-- 
Greg


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