Fix timezone bug for ATOM generation

pelican/utils.py

@@ -4,6 +4,7 @@ import os
 import shutil
 import time
 import calendar
+import pytz
 from datetime import datetime
 from codecs import open as _open
 from itertools import groupby
@@ -225,9 +226,12 @@ def files_changed(path, extensions):
         return True
     return False
 
-def local_to_utc(t):
-    "Convert article time to UTC time for ATOM feeds"
-    secs = time.mktime(t)
-    gmtime = list(time.gmtime(secs))
-    gmtime[8] = 1
-    return datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(gmtime))
+def set_date_tzinfo(d, tz_name=None):
+    """ Date without tzinfo shoudbe utc.
+    This function set the right tz to date that aren't utc and don't have tzinfo
+    """
+    if tz_name is not None:
+        tz = pytz.timezone(tz_name)
+        return tz.localize(d)
+    else:
+        return d

pelican/writers.py

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ from functools import partial
 import locale
 
 from feedgenerator import Atom1Feed, Rss201rev2Feed
-from pelican.utils import get_relative_path, local_to_utc
+from pelican.utils import get_relative_path, set_date_tzinfo
 from pelican.paginator import Paginator
 from pelican.log import *
 
@@ -37,7 +37,8 @@ class Writer(object):
             description=item.content,
             categories=item.tags if hasattr(item, 'tags') else None,
             author_name=getattr(item, 'author', 'John Doe'),
-            pubdate=local_to_utc(item.date.timetuple()))
+            pubdate=set_date_tzinfo(item.date, 
+                                    self.settings.get('TIMEZONE', None)))
 
     def write_feed(self, elements, context, filename=None, feed_type='atom'):
         """Generate a feed with the list of articles provided

setup.py

@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ import sys
 
 VERSION = "2.7.2" # find a better way to do so.
 
-requires = ['feedgenerator', 'jinja2', 'pygments', 'docutils']
+requires = ['feedgenerator', 'jinja2', 'pygments', 'docutils', 'pytz']
 if sys.version_info < (2,7):
     requires.append('argparse')
 

tools/pelican-quickstart

@@ -65,6 +65,8 @@ AUTHOR = u"$author"
 SITENAME = u"$sitename"
 SITEURL = '/'
 
+TIMEZONE = 'Europe/Paris'
+
 DEFAULT_LANG='$lang'
 
 # Blogroll