[ARROW-4055] [Python] Fails to convert pytz.utc with versions 2018.3 and earlier

• Type: Bug
• Status: Resolved
• Priority: Major
• Resolution: Fixed
• Fix Version/s: 0.12.0
• Component/s: Python
• Labels: pull-request-available
• External issue URL: https://github.com/apache/arrow/issues/20653
• Assignee: Krisztian Szucs
• Reporter: Krisztian Szucs
• Created: 17/Dec/18 20:52
• Updated: 11/Jan/23 07:31
• Resolved: 18/Dec/18 16:53

Description

pytz.UTC is only a subclass of BaseTzInfo starting from pytz 2018.4 (https://launchpad.net/pytz/+announcement/14962), so with older versions of pytz there are failures in the tests

see: https://github.com/apache/arrow/pull/2975#discussion-diff-239794078L969

Issue Links

• relates to: ARROW-3703 [Python] DataFrame.to_parquet crashes if datetime column has time zones
• links to: GitHub Pull Request #3207