epsilon.test.test_extime.TestTime.test_cmp fails when local time is UTC

Bug #1210356 reported by Tristan Seligmann
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Affects Status Importance Assigned to Milestone
Epsilon
Fix Committed
Medium
Tristan Seligmann

Bug Description

The test failure looks like:

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[FAIL]
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/home/mithrandi/code/Divmod/trunk/Epsilon/epsilon/test/test_extime.py", line 74, in test_cmp
    self.assertNotEquals(extime.Time.fromStructTime(now), extime.Time.fromStructTime(time.localtime()))
  File "/home/mithrandi/code/Twisted/trunk/twisted/trial/_synctest.py", line 399, in assertNotEqual
    raise self.failureException(msg or '%r == %r' % (first, second))
twisted.trial.unittest.FailTest: extime.Time.fromDatetime(datetime.datetime(2013, 8, 9, 1, 58, 7)) == extime.Time.fromDatetime(datetime.datetime(2013, 8, 9, 1, 58, 7))

epsilon.test.test_extime.TestTime.test_cmp
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I think this assertion is basically just completely bogus; it is equivalent to asserting that local timezone is not UTC, which is an irrelevant local system configuration detail.

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Changed in epsilon:
status: New → Fix Committed
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