Replace pytz dependency with zoneinfo. Fix #2958 (#3161)

pelican/contents.py

@@ -4,10 +4,15 @@ import locale
 import logging
 import os
 import re
+from datetime import timezone
 from html import unescape
 from urllib.parse import unquote, urljoin, urlparse, urlunparse
 
-import pytz
+try:
+    import zoneinfo
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    from backports import zoneinfo
+
 
 from pelican.plugins import signals
 from pelican.settings import DEFAULT_CONFIG
@@ -120,9 +125,9 @@ class Content:
             self.date_format = self.date_format[1]
 
         # manage timezone
-        default_timezone = settings.get('TIMEZONE', 'UTC')
-        timezone = getattr(self, 'timezone', default_timezone)
-        self.timezone = pytz.timezone(timezone)
+        default_timezone = settings.get("TIMEZONE", "UTC")
+        timezone = getattr(self, "timezone", default_timezone)
+        self.timezone = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(timezone)
 
         if hasattr(self, 'date'):
             self.date = set_date_tzinfo(self.date, timezone)
@@ -525,7 +530,7 @@ class Article(Content):
             if self.date.tzinfo is None:
                 now = datetime.datetime.now()
             else:
-                now = datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=pytz.utc)
+                now = datetime.datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
             if self.date > now:
                 self.status = 'draft'
 

pelican/tools/pelican_quickstart.py

@@ -7,7 +7,10 @@ from typing import Mapping
 
 from jinja2 import Environment, FileSystemLoader
 
-import pytz
+try:
+    import zoneinfo
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    from backports import zoneinfo
 
 try:
     import readline  # NOQA
@@ -17,8 +20,8 @@ except ImportError:
 try:
     import tzlocal
     _DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = tzlocal.get_localzone().zone
-except ImportError:
-    _DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = 'Europe/Rome'
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    _DEFAULT_TIMEZONE = "Europe/Rome"
 
 from pelican import __version__
 
@@ -158,16 +161,15 @@ def ask(question, answer=str, default=None, length=None):
 
 def ask_timezone(question, default, tzurl):
     """Prompt for time zone and validate input"""
-    lower_tz = [tz.lower() for tz in pytz.all_timezones]
+    tz_dict = {tz.lower(): tz for tz in zoneinfo.available_timezones()}
     while True:
         r = ask(question, str, default)
-        r = r.strip().replace(' ', '_').lower()
-        if r in lower_tz:
-            r = pytz.all_timezones[lower_tz.index(r)]
+        r = r.strip().replace(" ", "_").lower()
+        if r in tz_dict.keys():
+            r = tz_dict[r]
             break
         else:
-            print('Please enter a valid time zone:\n'
-                  ' (check [{}])'.format(tzurl))
+            print("Please enter a valid time zone:\n" " (check [{}])".format(tzurl))
     return r
 
 

pelican/utils.py

@@ -18,10 +18,12 @@ from operator import attrgetter
 
 import dateutil.parser
 
+try:
+    import zoneinfo
+except ModuleNotFoundError:
+    from backports import zoneinfo
 from markupsafe import Markup
 
-import pytz
-
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(__name__)
 
@@ -919,10 +921,11 @@ class FileSystemWatcher:
 def set_date_tzinfo(d, tz_name=None):
     """Set the timezone for dates that don't have tzinfo"""
     if tz_name and not d.tzinfo:
-        tz = pytz.timezone(tz_name)
-        d = tz.localize(d)
-        return SafeDatetime(d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, d.minute, d.second,
-                            d.microsecond, d.tzinfo)
+        timezone = zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(tz_name)
+        d = d.replace(tzinfo=timezone)
+        return SafeDatetime(
+            d.year, d.month, d.day, d.hour, d.minute, d.second, d.microsecond, d.tzinfo
+        )
     return d
 
 

pyproject.toml

@@ -37,10 +37,10 @@ feedgenerator = ">=1.9"
 jinja2 = ">=2.7"
 pygments = ">=2.6"
 python-dateutil = ">=2.8"
-pytz = ">=2020.1"
 rich = ">=10.1"
 unidecode = ">=1.1"
 markdown = {version = ">=3.1", optional = true}
+backports-zoneinfo = {version = "^0.2.1", python = "<3.9"}
 
 [tool.poetry.dev-dependencies]
 BeautifulSoup4 = "^4.9"

setup.py

@@ -9,8 +9,8 @@ from setuptools import find_packages, setup
 version = "4.8.0"
 
 requires = ['feedgenerator >= 1.9', 'jinja2 >= 2.7', 'pygments',
-            'docutils>=0.15', 'pytz >= 0a', 'blinker', 'unidecode',
-            'python-dateutil', 'rich']
+            'docutils>=0.15', 'blinker', 'unidecode', 'python-dateutil',
+            'rich', 'backports-zoneinfo[tzdata] >= 0.2; python_version<"3.9"']
 
 entry_points = {
     'console_scripts': [