[Buildbot-commits] [Buildbot] #2522: test_changes_mail_CVSMaildirSource fails in some timezones

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#2522: test_changes_mail_CVSMaildirSource fails in some timezones
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Reporter:  rutsky     |       Owner:
    Type:  undecided  |      Status:  new
Priority:  major      |   Milestone:  undecided
 Version:  master     |  Resolution:
Keywords:             |
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Comment (by dustin):

 Well, looking at the source indicates that's not the case:

 {{{
 #!python
 def mktime_tz(data):
     """Turn a 10-tuple as returned by parsedate_tz() into a UTC
 timestamp."""
     if data[9] is None:
         # No zone info, so localtime is better assumption than GMT
         return time.mktime(data[:8] + (-1,))
     else:
         t = time.mktime(data[:8] + (0,))
         return t - data[9] - time.timezone
 }}}

 So, I wonder if `time.timezone` doesn't correspond to the correct offset.
 MSK is GMT+4, so `time.timezone` should be `-14400`.  Let's try an
 experiment.  In your timezone, `time.mktime((2010, 8, 4, 4, 0, 0, 0, 0,
 0))` should be UTC midnight on August 4:
 {{{
 1280880000.0
 >>> time.gmtime(1280880000.0)
 time.struct_time(tm_year=2010, tm_mon=8, tm_mday=4, tm_hour=0, tm_min=0,
 tm_sec=0,
                  tm_wday=2, tm_yday=216, tm_isdst=0)
 }}}

 Does that match up so far?  If so, I bet this is a DST thing, and I don't
 entirely understand the `tm_isdst` thing.

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