#665194: Add a localtime function to email.utils.

Without this function people would be tempted to use the other date functions
in email.utils to compute an aware localtime, and those functions are not as
good for that purpose as this code.  The code is Alexander Belopolsy's from
his proposed patch for issue 9527, with a fix (and additional tests) by Brian
K. Jones.

Doc/library/email.util.rst

@@ -93,8 +93,6 @@ There are several useful utilities provided in the :mod:`email.utils` module:
    corresponding a :class:`~datetime.timezone` :class:`~datetime.tzinfo`.
 
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
-
-
 .. function:: mktime_tz(tuple)
 
    Turn a 10-tuple as returned by :func:`parsedate_tz` into a UTC timestamp.  It
@@ -140,6 +138,22 @@ There are several useful utilities provided in the :mod:`email.utils` module:
    .. versionadded:: 3.3
 
 
+.. function:: localtime(dt=None)
+
+    Return local time as an aware datetime object.  If called without
+    arguments, return current time.  Otherwise *dt* argument should be a
+    :class:`~datetime.datetime` instance, and it is converted to the local time
+    zone according to the system time zone database.  If *dt* is naive (that
+    is, ``dt.tzinfo`` is ``None``), it is assumed to be in local time.  In this
+    case, a positive or zero value for *isdst* causes ``localtime`` to presume
+    initially that summer time (for example, Daylight Saving Time) is or is not
+    (respectively) in effect for the specified time.  A negative value for
+    *isdst* causes the ``localtime`` to attempt to divine whether summer time
+    is in effect for the specified time.
+
+    .. versionadded:: 3.3
+
+
 .. function:: make_msgid(idstring=None, domain=None)
 
    Returns a string suitable for an :rfc:`2822`\ -compliant

Lib/email/utils.py

@@ -363,3 +363,56 @@ def collapse_rfc2231_value(value, errors='replace',
     except LookupError:
         # charset is not a known codec.
         return unquote(text)
+
+
+#
+# datetime doesn't provide a localtime function yet, so provide one.  Code
+# adapted from the patch in issue 9527.  This may not be perfect, but it is
+# better than not having it.
+#
+
+def localtime(dt=None, isdst=-1):
+    """Return local time as an aware datetime object.
+
+    If called without arguments, return current time.  Otherwise *dt*
+    argument should be a datetime instance, and it is converted to the
+    local time zone according to the system time zone database.  If *dt* is
+    naive (that is, dt.tzinfo is None), it is assumed to be in local time.
+    In this case, a positive or zero value for *isdst* causes localtime to
+    presume initially that summer time (for example, Daylight Saving Time)
+    is or is not (respectively) in effect for the specified time.  A
+    negative value for *isdst* causes the localtime() function to attempt
+    to divine whether summer time is in effect for the specified time.
+
+    """
+    if dt is None:
+        seconds = time.time()
+    else:
+        if dt.tzinfo is None:
+            # A naive datetime is given.  Convert to a (localtime)
+            # timetuple and pass to system mktime together with
+            # the isdst hint.  System mktime will return seconds
+            # sysce epoch.
+            tm = dt.timetuple()[:-1] + (isdst,)
+            seconds = time.mktime(tm)
+        else:
+            # An aware datetime is given.  Use aware datetime
+            # arithmetics to find seconds since epoch.
+            delta = dt - datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1,
+                                           tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
+            seconds = delta.total_seconds()
+    tm = time.localtime(seconds)
+
+    # XXX: The following logic may not work correctly if UTC
+    # offset has changed since time provided in dt.  This will be
+    # corrected in C implementation for platforms that support
+    # tm_gmtoff.
+    if time.daylight and tm.tm_isdst:
+        offset = time.altzone
+        tzname = time.tzname[1]
+    else:
+        offset = time.timezone
+        tzname = time.tzname[0]
+
+    tz = datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(seconds=-offset), tzname)
+    return datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(seconds, tz)

Lib/test/test_email/test_utils.py

 import datetime
 from email import utils
+import test.support
+import time
 import unittest
 
 class DateTimeTests(unittest.TestCase):
@@ -43,3 +45,74 @@ class DateTimeTests(unittest.TestCase):
         self.assertEqual(
             utils.parsedate_to_datetime(self.datestring + ' -0000'),
             self.naive_dt)
+
+
+class LocaltimeTests(unittest.TestCase):
+
+    def test_localtime_is_tz_aware_daylight_true(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', True)
+        t = utils.localtime()
+        self.assertIsNot(t.tzinfo, None)
+
+    def test_localtime_is_tz_aware_daylight_false(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', False)
+        t = utils.localtime()
+        self.assertIsNot(t.tzinfo, None)
+
+    def test_localtime_daylight_true_dst_false(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', True)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(2012, 3, 12, 1, 1)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0, isdst=-1)
+        t2 = utils.localtime(t1)
+        self.assertEqual(t1, t2)
+
+    def test_localtime_daylight_false_dst_false(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', False)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(2012, 3, 12, 1, 1)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0, isdst=-1)
+        t2 = utils.localtime(t1)
+        self.assertEqual(t1, t2)
+
+    def test_localtime_daylight_true_dst_true(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', True)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(2012, 3, 12, 1, 1)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0, isdst=1)
+        t2 = utils.localtime(t1)
+        self.assertEqual(t1, t2)
+
+    def test_localtime_daylight_false_dst_true(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', False)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(2012, 3, 12, 1, 1)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0, isdst=1)
+        t2 = utils.localtime(t1)
+        self.assertEqual(t1, t2)
+
+    def test_localtime_epoch_utc_daylight_true(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', True)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo = datetime.timezone.utc)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0)
+        self.assertEqual(t0, t1)
+
+    def test_localtime_epoch_utc_daylight_false(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', False)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1, tzinfo = datetime.timezone.utc)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0)
+        self.assertEqual(t0, t1)
+
+    def test_localtime_epoch_notz_daylight_true(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', True)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0)
+        t2 = utils.localtime(t0.replace(tzinfo=None))
+        self.assertEqual(t1, t2)
+
+    def test_localtime_epoch_notz_daylight_false(self):
+        test.support.patch(self, time, 'daylight', False)
+        t0 = datetime.datetime(1970, 1, 1)
+        t1 = utils.localtime(t0)
+        t2 = utils.localtime(t0.replace(tzinfo=None))
+        self.assertEqual(t1, t2)
+
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    unittest.main()

Misc/ACKS

@@ -506,6 +506,7 @@ Simon Johnston
 Matt Joiner
 Thomas Jollans
 Nicolas Joly
+Brian K. Jones
 Evan Jones
 Jeremy Jones
 Richard Jones

Misc/NEWS

@@ -46,6 +46,9 @@ Core and Builtins
 Library
 -------
 
+- Issue #665194: Added a localtime function to email.utils to provide an
+  aware local datetime for use in setting Date headers.
+
 - Issue #12586: Added new provisional policies that implement convenient
   unicode support for email headers.  See What's New for details.