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8 changes: 7 additions & 1 deletion qdrant_client/local/order_by.py
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from datetime import datetime
from datetime import datetime, timezone

from qdrant_client.http.models import OrderValue
from qdrant_client.local.datetime_utils import parse
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def datetime_to_microseconds(dt: datetime) -> int:
if dt.tzinfo is None:
# Assume UTC if no timezone is provided, matching `datetime_utils.parse`
# and qdrant core. `datetime.timestamp()` would otherwise read a naive
# datetime as local time, making order values depend on where the
# client runs.
dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc)
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🎯 Functional Correctness | 🟡 Minor | ⚡ Quick win

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🌐 Web query:

According to the Python datetime documentation, is a datetime whose tzinfo is non-None but utcoffset() returns None naive, and how does datetime.timestamp() interpret it?

💡 Result:

According to the official Python datetime documentation, a datetime object d is considered naive if d.tzinfo is None, or if d.tzinfo is not None but d.tzinfo.utcoffset(d) returns None [1][2]. Conversely, a datetime object is considered aware only if both d.tzinfo is not None and d.tzinfo.utcoffset(d) does not return None [1][2]. When calling datetime.timestamp on such an object (where tzinfo is non-None but utcoffset returns None), the method treats the object as naive [3]. Because the datetime instance is classified as naive, datetime.timestamp assumes it represents local time and relies on platform-specific C functions to perform the conversion to a POSIX timestamp [3].

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#!/bin/bash
set -eu

printf '%s\n' '--- qdrant_client/local/order_by.py ---'
cat -n qdrant_client/local/order_by.py | sed -n '1,80p'

printf '%s\n' '--- related tests and usages ---'
rg -n --glob '*.py' 'datetime_to_microseconds|order_by' . | head -200

printf '%s\n' '--- Python runtime probe ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, tzinfo, timezone

class NoneOffset(tzinfo):
    def utcoffset(self, dt):
        return None

dt = datetime(2024, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, tzinfo=NoneOffset())
print("tzinfo_is_none:", dt.tzinfo is None)
print("utcoffset_is_none:", dt.utcoffset() is None)
print("timestamp_result:", dt.timestamp())
print("utc_assumption_result:", dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp())
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set -eu

printf '%s\n' '--- existing order-by tests ---'
cat -n tests/test_order_by.py

printf '%s\n' '--- focused Python behavior probe ---'
python3 - <<'PY'
import os
import time
from datetime import datetime, timezone, tzinfo

class NoneOffset(tzinfo):
    def utcoffset(self, dt):
        return None

dt = datetime(2024, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, tzinfo=NoneOffset())
print("tzinfo_is_none:", dt.tzinfo is None)
print("utcoffset_is_none:", dt.utcoffset() is None)

for zone in ("UTC", "America/Los_Angeles"):
    os.environ["TZ"] = zone
    time.tzset()
    print(zone, "timestamp:", dt.timestamp())

print("UTC replacement timestamp:", dt.replace(tzinfo=timezone.utc).timestamp())
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site:docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html datetime timestamp tzinfo utcoffset None naive implementation TypeError

💡 Result:

In Python's datetime module, the TypeError associated with utcoffset and naive datetime objects usually arises because the datetime object lacks the necessary timezone information to perform calculations or comparisons that require an offset [1]. According to the official Python documentation, a datetime object is considered aware only if its tzinfo attribute is not None and its tzinfo.utcoffset(dt) method returns a timedelta object [1]. If a datetime object is naive (its tzinfo is None), calling certain methods or performing operations that depend on timezone offsets—such as subtracting an aware datetime from a naive one, or comparing naive and aware datetime objects—will raise a TypeError [1]. Specifically, the datetime.utcoffset method returns None if the object's tzinfo is None [1]. If you are implementing a custom tzinfo class, the utcoffset method must return a timedelta object representing the offset, or None if the offset is unknown [1]. If your custom implementation returns something other than None or a valid timedelta object (e.g., if it improperly handles naive input), it will trigger an exception [1]. To avoid these errors: 1. Ensure you are not mixing naive and aware datetime objects in arithmetic or comparison operations [1]. 2. If working with aware objects, ensure the tzinfo attribute is correctly set and that the utcoffset implementation adheres to the required return types [1]. 3. If you encounter this error while implementing a custom class, verify that your utcoffset method logic does not inadvertently return invalid types or improperly handle None inputs [1].

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#!/bin/bash
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python3 - <<'PY'
from datetime import datetime, tzinfo

class NoneOffset(tzinfo):
    def utcoffset(self, dt):
        return None

dt = datetime(2024, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, tzinfo=NoneOffset())
print("tzinfo_is_none:", dt.tzinfo is None)
print("utcoffset_is_none:", dt.utcoffset() is None)
try:
    print("timestamp:", dt.timestamp())
except Exception as exc:
    print("timestamp_exception:", type(exc).__name__, str(exc))
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Handle datetime values with a None offset.

A datetime with non-None tzinfo and utcoffset() is None is naive. The current condition passes it to datetime.timestamp(), which raises TypeError. Use dt.tzinfo is None or dt.utcoffset() is None and add a regression test with a custom tzinfo that returns None.

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In `@qdrant_client/local/order_by.py` around lines 10 - 15, Update the datetime
normalization condition in the order-value conversion logic to treat both
missing tzinfo and tzinfo with a None utcoffset as naive, assigning UTC before
calling timestamp(). Add a regression test using custom tzinfo whose utcoffset()
returns None.

return int(dt.timestamp() * MICROS_PER_SECOND)


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58 changes: 58 additions & 0 deletions tests/test_order_by.py
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import os
import time
from datetime import datetime, timedelta, timezone

import pytest

from qdrant_client.local.order_by import to_order_value

# 2024-06-15 12:30:45 UTC
WALL_CLOCK = (2024, 6, 15, 12, 30, 45)
EXPECTED_MICROS = 1718454645000000


def test_naive_datetime_object_is_interpreted_as_utc() -> None:
"""A datetime with no tzinfo means UTC, matching how qdrant core reads a
datetime string with no offset."""
assert to_order_value(datetime(*WALL_CLOCK)) == EXPECTED_MICROS


def test_naive_object_string_and_aware_utc_agree() -> None:
"""The same wall-clock time must order identically however it is spelled."""
naive_object = to_order_value(datetime(*WALL_CLOCK))
naive_string = to_order_value("2024-06-15 12:30:45")
aware_utc = to_order_value(datetime(*WALL_CLOCK, tzinfo=timezone.utc))

assert naive_object == naive_string == aware_utc


def test_aware_non_utc_datetime_is_converted_not_stripped() -> None:
"""An explicit offset is still honoured -- naive-means-UTC must not turn
into treating every datetime as UTC."""
aware = datetime(*WALL_CLOCK, tzinfo=timezone(timedelta(hours=5, minutes=30)))

assert to_order_value(aware) == EXPECTED_MICROS - int(5.5 * 3600 * 1_000_000)


@pytest.mark.skipif(
not hasattr(time, "tzset"),
reason="process timezone is not settable on this platform",
)
def test_order_value_does_not_depend_on_the_client_timezone() -> None:
"""Without this, the naive-object path went through datetime.timestamp(),
which reads the machine's local time, so the same call produced different
order values on differently-configured clients."""
original = os.environ.get("TZ")
try:
values = []
for zone in ("UTC", "Asia/Kolkata", "America/Los_Angeles"):
os.environ["TZ"] = zone
time.tzset()
values.append(to_order_value(datetime(*WALL_CLOCK)))
assert values == [EXPECTED_MICROS] * 3
finally:
if original is None:
os.environ.pop("TZ", None)
else:
os.environ["TZ"] = original
time.tzset()