API: default to stdlib timezone objects for fixed-offsets (#49677)

* API: default to stdlib timezone objects for fixed-offsets

* update docstrings

* flesh out whatsnew

* handle strings

* skip on windows

doc/source/whatsnew/v2.0.0.rst

@@ -312,6 +312,40 @@ The new behavior, as for datetime64, either gives exactly the requested dtype or
    ser.astype("timedelta64[s]")
    ser.astype("timedelta64[D]")
 
+.. _whatsnew_200.api_breaking.default_to_stdlib_tzinfos:
+
+UTC and fixed-offset timezones default to standard-library tzinfo objects
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+In previous versions, the default ``tzinfo`` object used to represent UTC
+was ``pytz.UTC``. In pandas 2.0, we default to ``datetime.timezone.utc`` instead.
+Similarly, for timezones represent fixed UTC offsets, we use ``datetime.timezone``
+objects instead of ``pytz.FixedOffset`` objects. See (:issue:`34916`)
+
+*Previous behavior*:
+
+.. code-block:: ipython
+
+   In [2]: ts = pd.Timestamp("2016-01-01", tz="UTC")
+   In [3]: type(ts.tzinfo)
+   Out[3]: pytz.UTC
+
+   In [4]: ts2 = pd.Timestamp("2016-01-01 04:05:06-07:00")
+   In [3]: type(ts2.tzinfo)
+   Out[5]: pytz._FixedOffset
+
+*New behavior*:
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+   ts = pd.Timestamp("2016-01-01", tz="UTC")
+   type(ts.tzinfo)
+
+   ts2 = pd.Timestamp("2016-01-01 04:05:06-07:00")
+   type(ts2.tzinfo)
+
+For timezones that are neither UTC nor fixed offsets, e.g. "US/Pacific", we
+continue to default to ``pytz`` objects.
+
 .. _whatsnew_200.api_breaking.zero_len_indexes:
 
 Empty DataFrames/Series will now default to have a ``RangeIndex``

pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx

@@ -1,9 +1,13 @@
 cimport cython
+
+from datetime import timezone
+
 from cpython.datetime cimport (
     PyDate_Check,
     PyDateTime_Check,
     datetime,
     import_datetime,
+    timedelta,
     tzinfo,
 )
 from cpython.object cimport PyObject
@@ -23,8 +27,6 @@ import numpy as np
 
 cnp.import_array()
 
-import pytz
-
 from pandas._libs.tslibs.np_datetime cimport (
     NPY_DATETIMEUNIT,
     NPY_FR_ns,
@@ -95,7 +97,7 @@ def _test_parse_iso8601(ts: str):
     obj.value = npy_datetimestruct_to_datetime(NPY_FR_ns, &obj.dts)
     check_dts_bounds(&obj.dts)
     if out_local == 1:
-        obj.tzinfo = pytz.FixedOffset(out_tzoffset)
+        obj.tzinfo = timezone(timedelta(minutes=out_tzoffset))
         obj.value = tz_localize_to_utc_single(obj.value, obj.tzinfo)
         return Timestamp(obj.value, tz=obj.tzinfo)
     else:
@@ -460,7 +462,7 @@ cpdef array_to_datetime(
         2) datetime.datetime objects, if OutOfBoundsDatetime or TypeError
            is encountered
 
-    Also returns a pytz.FixedOffset if an array of strings with the same
+    Also returns a fixed-offset tzinfo object if an array of strings with the same
     timezone offset is passed and utc=True is not passed. Otherwise, None
     is returned
 
@@ -650,7 +652,7 @@ cpdef array_to_datetime(
                             # since we store the total_seconds of
                             # dateutil.tz.tzoffset objects
                             out_tzoffset_vals.add(out_tzoffset * 60.)
-                            tz = pytz.FixedOffset(out_tzoffset)
+                            tz = timezone(timedelta(minutes=out_tzoffset))
                             value = tz_localize_to_utc_single(value, tz)
                             out_local = 0
                             out_tzoffset = 0
@@ -718,7 +720,7 @@ cpdef array_to_datetime(
             return _array_to_datetime_object(values, errors, dayfirst, yearfirst)
         else:
             tz_offset = out_tzoffset_vals.pop()
-            tz_out = pytz.FixedOffset(tz_offset / 60.)
+            tz_out = timezone(timedelta(seconds=tz_offset))
     return result, tz_out
 
 

pandas/_libs/tslibs/conversion.pyx

@@ -8,16 +8,17 @@ from numpy cimport (
 
 cnp.import_array()
 
-import pytz
-
 # stdlib datetime imports
 
+from datetime import timezone
+
 from cpython.datetime cimport (
     PyDate_Check,
     PyDateTime_Check,
     datetime,
     import_datetime,
     time,
+    timedelta,
     tzinfo,
 )
 
@@ -428,7 +429,7 @@ cdef _TSObject _create_tsobject_tz_using_offset(npy_datetimestruct dts,
 
     value = npy_datetimestruct_to_datetime(NPY_FR_ns, &dts)
     obj.dts = dts
-    obj.tzinfo = pytz.FixedOffset(tzoffset)
+    obj.tzinfo = timezone(timedelta(minutes=tzoffset))
     obj.value = tz_localize_to_utc_single(value, obj.tzinfo)
     if tz is None:
         check_overflows(obj, NPY_FR_ns)

pandas/_libs/tslibs/strptime.pyx

@@ -1,10 +1,13 @@
 """Strptime-related classes and functions.
 """
+from datetime import timezone
+
 from cpython.datetime cimport (
     PyDate_Check,
     PyDateTime_Check,
     date,
     import_datetime,
+    timedelta,
     tzinfo,
 )
 
@@ -96,7 +99,7 @@ def array_strptime(
         int week_of_year, week_of_year_start, parse_code, ordinal
         int iso_week, iso_year
         int64_t us, ns
-        object val, group_key, ampm, found, timezone
+        object val, group_key, ampm, found, tz
         bint is_raise = errors=="raise"
         bint is_ignore = errors=="ignore"
         bint is_coerce = errors=="coerce"
@@ -214,7 +217,7 @@ def array_strptime(
         year = 1900
         month = day = 1
         hour = minute = second = ns = us = 0
-        timezone = None
+        tz = None
         # Default to -1 to signify that values not known; not critical to have,
         # though
         iso_week = week_of_year = -1
@@ -304,9 +307,9 @@ def array_strptime(
                     # W starts week on Monday.
                     week_of_year_start = 0
             elif parse_code == 17:
-                timezone = pytz.timezone(found_dict["Z"])
+                tz = pytz.timezone(found_dict["Z"])
             elif parse_code == 19:
-                timezone = parse_timezone_directive(found_dict["z"])
+                tz = parse_timezone_directive(found_dict["z"])
             elif parse_code == 20:
                 iso_year = int(found_dict["G"])
             elif parse_code == 21:
@@ -388,7 +391,7 @@ def array_strptime(
                 continue
             raise
 
-        result_timezone[i] = timezone
+        result_timezone[i] = tz
 
     return result, result_timezone.base
 
@@ -538,15 +541,15 @@ cdef (int, int) _calc_julian_from_V(int iso_year, int iso_week, int iso_weekday)
 
 cdef tzinfo parse_timezone_directive(str z):
     """
-    Parse the '%z' directive and return a pytz.FixedOffset
+    Parse the '%z' directive and return a datetime.timezone object.
 
     Parameters
     ----------
     z : string of the UTC offset
 
     Returns
     -------
-    pytz.FixedOffset
+    datetime.timezone
 
     Notes
     -----
@@ -560,7 +563,7 @@ cdef tzinfo parse_timezone_directive(str z):
         object gmtoff_remainder, gmtoff_remainder_padding
 
     if z == "Z":
-        return pytz.FixedOffset(0)
+        return timezone(timedelta(0))
     if z[3] == ":":
         z = z[:3] + z[4:]
         if len(z) > 5:
@@ -580,4 +583,4 @@ cdef tzinfo parse_timezone_directive(str z):
     total_minutes = ((hours * 60) + minutes + (seconds // 60) +
                      (microseconds // 60_000_000))
     total_minutes = -total_minutes if z.startswith("-") else total_minutes
-    return pytz.FixedOffset(total_minutes)
+    return timezone(timedelta(minutes=total_minutes))

pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx

@@ -111,7 +111,7 @@ from pandas._libs.tslibs.timezones cimport (
     is_utc,
     maybe_get_tz,
     treat_tz_as_pytz,
-    utc_pytz as UTC,
+    utc_stdlib as UTC,
 )
 from pandas._libs.tslibs.tzconversion cimport (
     tz_convert_from_utc_single,

pandas/_libs/tslibs/timezones.pxd

@@ -5,7 +5,6 @@ from cpython.datetime cimport (
 )
 
 
-cdef tzinfo utc_pytz
 cdef tzinfo utc_stdlib
 
 cpdef bint is_utc(tzinfo tz)

pandas/_libs/tslibs/timezones.pyx

@@ -27,14 +27,10 @@ from dateutil.tz import (
     tzlocal as _dateutil_tzlocal,
     tzutc as _dateutil_tzutc,
 )
+import numpy as np
 import pytz
 from pytz.tzinfo import BaseTzInfo as _pytz_BaseTzInfo
 
-UTC = pytz.utc
-
-
-import numpy as np
-
 cimport numpy as cnp
 from numpy cimport int64_t
 
@@ -49,7 +45,7 @@ from pandas._libs.tslibs.util cimport (
 
 cdef int64_t NPY_NAT = get_nat()
 cdef tzinfo utc_stdlib = timezone.utc
-cdef tzinfo utc_pytz = UTC
+cdef tzinfo utc_pytz = pytz.utc
 cdef tzinfo utc_dateutil_str = dateutil_gettz("UTC")  # NB: *not* the same as tzutc()
 
 cdef tzinfo utc_zoneinfo = None
@@ -168,10 +164,12 @@ cpdef inline tzinfo maybe_get_tz(object tz):
             hours = int(tz[3:6])
             minutes = int(tz[3] + tz[7:9])
             tz = timezone(timedelta(hours=hours, minutes=minutes))
+        elif tz == "UTC" or tz == "utc":
+            tz = utc_stdlib
         else:
             tz = pytz.timezone(tz)
     elif is_integer_object(tz):
-        tz = pytz.FixedOffset(tz / 60)
+        tz = timezone(timedelta(seconds=tz))
     elif isinstance(tz, tzinfo):
         pass
     elif tz is None:

pandas/_libs/tslibs/tzconversion.pyx

@@ -738,7 +738,7 @@ cdef datetime _astimezone(npy_datetimestruct dts, tzinfo tz):
     Optimized equivalent to:
 
     dt = datetime(dts.year, dts.month, dts.day, dts.hour,
-                  dts.min, dts.sec, dts.us, utc_pytz)
+                  dts.min, dts.sec, dts.us, utc_stdlib)
     dt = dt.astimezone(tz)
 
     Derived from the datetime.astimezone implementation at

pandas/core/tools/datetimes.py

@@ -991,7 +991,7 @@ def to_datetime(
 
     >>> pd.to_datetime(['2018-10-26 12:00 -0500', '2018-10-26 13:00 -0500'])
     DatetimeIndex(['2018-10-26 12:00:00-05:00', '2018-10-26 13:00:00-05:00'],
-                  dtype='datetime64[ns, pytz.FixedOffset(-300)]', freq=None)
+                  dtype='datetime64[ns, UTC-05:00]', freq=None)
 
     - However, timezone-aware inputs *with mixed time offsets* (for example
       issued from a timezone with daylight savings, such as Europe/Paris)
@@ -1010,7 +1010,7 @@ def to_datetime(
     >>> from datetime import datetime
     >>> pd.to_datetime(["2020-01-01 01:00 -01:00", datetime(2020, 1, 1, 3, 0)])
     DatetimeIndex(['2020-01-01 01:00:00-01:00', '2020-01-01 02:00:00-01:00'],
-                  dtype='datetime64[ns, pytz.FixedOffset(-60)]', freq=None)
+                  dtype='datetime64[ns, UTC-01:00]', freq=None)
 
     |
 

pandas/io/json/_table_schema.py

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 import warnings
 
 from pandas._libs.json import loads
+from pandas._libs.tslibs import timezones
 from pandas._typing import (
     DtypeObj,
     JSONSerializable,
@@ -140,7 +141,11 @@ def convert_pandas_type_to_json_field(arr) -> dict[str, JSONSerializable]:
     elif is_period_dtype(dtype):
         field["freq"] = dtype.freq.freqstr
     elif is_datetime64tz_dtype(dtype):
-        field["tz"] = dtype.tz.zone
+        if timezones.is_utc(dtype.tz):
+            # timezone.utc has no "zone" attr
+            field["tz"] = "UTC"
+        else:
+            field["tz"] = dtype.tz.zone
     elif is_extension_array_dtype(dtype):
         field["extDtype"] = dtype.name
     return field

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_align.py

@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
+from datetime import timezone
+
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
-import pytz
 
 import pandas as pd
 from pandas import (
@@ -27,17 +28,17 @@ def test_frame_align_aware(self):
         # frame with frame
         df1_central = df1.tz_convert("US/Central")
         new1, new2 = df1.align(df1_central)
-        assert new1.index.tz == pytz.UTC
-        assert new2.index.tz == pytz.UTC
+        assert new1.index.tz is timezone.utc
+        assert new2.index.tz is timezone.utc
 
         # frame with Series
         new1, new2 = df1.align(df1_central[0], axis=0)
-        assert new1.index.tz == pytz.UTC
-        assert new2.index.tz == pytz.UTC
+        assert new1.index.tz is timezone.utc
+        assert new2.index.tz is timezone.utc
 
         df1[0].align(df1_central, axis=0)
-        assert new1.index.tz == pytz.UTC
-        assert new2.index.tz == pytz.UTC
+        assert new1.index.tz is timezone.utc
+        assert new2.index.tz is timezone.utc
 
     def test_align_float(self, float_frame):
         af, bf = float_frame.align(float_frame)

pandas/tests/frame/methods/test_tz_localize.py

@@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
+from datetime import timezone
+
 import numpy as np
 import pytest
 
@@ -23,7 +25,7 @@ def test_tz_localize(self, frame_or_series):
         expected = DataFrame({"a": 1}, rng.tz_localize("UTC"))
         expected = tm.get_obj(expected, frame_or_series)
 
-        assert result.index.tz.zone == "UTC"
+        assert result.index.tz is timezone.utc
         tm.assert_equal(result, expected)
 
     def test_tz_localize_axis1(self):
@@ -33,7 +35,7 @@ def test_tz_localize_axis1(self):
 
         df = df.T
         result = df.tz_localize("utc", axis=1)
-        assert result.columns.tz.zone == "UTC"
+        assert result.columns.tz is timezone.utc
 
         expected = DataFrame({"a": 1}, rng.tz_localize("UTC"))