datetime, tzinfo ... strange conversion?

Hi!

I'm surprised about the following code, maybe you can give me a hint whether

that's bug or feature? I'm just trying to convert local time to GMT and one

method gives a strange result:

######################

> #! /usr/bin/env python

> import datetime, pytz

> _tz_utc = pytz.timezone("UTC")

> _tz_germany = pytz.timezone("Europe/Berlin")

> local = datetime.datetime.now(_tz_germany)

> print "Local: ", local

> gmt = local.astimezone(_tz_utc)

> print "GMT (1)", gmt

> gmt = datetime.datetime.combine(local.date(),

local.timetz()).astimezone(_tz_utc)

> print "GMT (2)", gmt

> gmt = datetime.datetime.combine(datetime.date.today(),

datetime.time(local.hour, local.minute, local.second, local.microsecond,

_tz_germany)).astimezone(_tz_utc)

> print "GMT (3)", gmt

> gmt = datetime.datetime.combine(datetime.date.today(),

datetime.time(local.hour, local.minute, local.second, local.microsecond,

local.tzinfo)).astimezone(_tz_utc)

> print "GMT (4)", gmt

> print "_tz_germany:", _tz_germany, "(id: %s)" % id(_tz_germany), ",

local.tzinfo:", local.tzinfo, "(id: %s)" % id(local.tzinfo)

######################

Result:

> tlange.python.itags.org.tinux:~/is.work/Scripts$ ./timeconv.py

> Local: 2006-04-01 20:09:26.469445+02:00

> GMT (1) 2006-04-01 18:09:26.469445+00:00

> GMT (2) 2006-04-01 18:09:26.469445+00:00

> GMT (3) 2006-04-01 19:09:26.469445+00:00

> GMT (4) 2006-04-01 18:09:26.469445+00:00

> _tz_germany: Europe/Berlin (id: -1212869684) , local.tzinfo: Europe/Berlin

(id: -1212868756)

--> Why is GMT (3) wrong?

Cheers,

Tino

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