make sure parsed times are set to UTC

2013-07-22 16:12:07 -04:00
parent af522af2ca
commit b744aaa360
2 changed files with 41 additions and 19 deletions
--- a/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
+++ b/common/djangoapps/student/views.py
@@ -111,9 +111,9 @@ def get_date_for_press(publish_date):
    # strip off extra months, and just use the first:
    date = re.sub(multimonth_pattern, ", ", publish_date)
    if re.search(day_pattern, date):
-        date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%B %d, %Y")
+        date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%B %d, %Y").replace(tzinfo=UTC)
    else:
-        date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%B, %Y")
+        date = datetime.datetime.strptime(date, "%B, %Y").replace(tzinfo=UTC)
    return date