1 files changed, 42 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/src/mailman/utilities/datetime.py b/src/mailman/utilities/datetime.py
index 96d14fce5..3f451efaf 100644
--- a/src/mailman/utilities/datetime.py
+++ b/src/mailman/utilities/datetime.py
@@ -28,9 +28,12 @@ from __future__ import absolute_import, unicode_literals
 __metaclass__ = type
 __all__ = [
     'DateFactory',
+    'RFC822_DATE_FMT',
+    'UTC',
     'factory',
     'now',
     'today',
+    'utc',
     ]
 
 
@@ -39,6 +42,30 @@ import datetime
 from mailman.testing import layers
 
 
+# Python always sets the locale to 'C' locale unless the user explicitly calls
+# locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '').  Since we never do this in Mailman (and
+# no library better do it either!) this will safely give us expected RFC 5322
+# Date headers.
+RFC822_DATE_FMT = '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %z'
+
+
+
+# Definition of UTC timezone, taken from
+# http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html
+ZERO = datetime.timedelta(0)
+
+class UTC(datetime.tzinfo):
+    def utcoffset(self, dt):
+        return ZERO
+    def tzname(self, dt):
+        return 'UTC'
+    def dst(self, dt):
+        return ZERO
+
+utc = UTC()
+_missing = object()
+
+
 
 class DateFactory:
     """A factory for today() and now() that works with testing."""
@@ -47,12 +74,21 @@ class DateFactory:
     predictable_now = None
     predictable_today = None
 
-    def now(self, tz=None):
+    def now(self, tz=_missing, strip_tzinfo=True):
         # We can't automatically fast-forward because some tests require us to
         # stay on the same day for a while, e.g. autorespond.txt.
-        return (self.predictable_now
-                if layers.is_testing()
-                else datetime.datetime.now(tz))
+        if tz is _missing:
+            tz = utc
+        # Storm cannot yet handle datetimes with tz suffixes.  Assume we're
+        # using UTC datetimes everywhere, so set the tzinfo to None.  This
+        # does *not* change the actual time values.  LP: #280708
+        tz_now = (self.predictable_now
+                  if layers.is_testing()
+                  else datetime.datetime.now(tz))
+        return (tz_now.replace(tzinfo=None)
+                if strip_tzinfo
+                else tz_now)
+        
 
     def today(self):
         return (self.predictable_today
@@ -61,7 +97,8 @@ class DateFactory:
 
     @classmethod
     def reset(cls):
-        cls.predictable_now = datetime.datetime(2005, 8, 1, 7, 49, 23)
+        cls.predictable_now = datetime.datetime(2005, 8, 1, 7, 49, 23,
+                                                tzinfo=utc)
         cls.predictable_today = cls.predictable_now.date()
 
     @classmethod