DateTime in Python/Zope/Plone is painful
Alright, now for today’s problem: why do two dates that look different when outputted actually end up being the same date?
Answer: I’m not sure, but I’m pretty sure it’s got something to do with the wacky support the above-mentioned 3 products have for timezones.
The background: Plone stores a DateTime object to record a user’s last login time. It doesn’t really matter what’s purpose is, because Plone (this time) isn’t at fault. The DateTime gets stored, no worries. The problem arises when you try to put that value back into a …