chore: prepare 4.0.0b4

docs/changes/4.0.0.rst

@@ -4,9 +4,10 @@ Changelog for Falcon 4.0.0
 Summary
 -------
 
-The third beta release of Falcon 4.0.0 is here!
+Falcon ``4.0.0b4`` is hopefully the final beta release before moving forward to
+a release candidate.
 
-Falcon 4.0 is now feature-complete, and we would really be thankful if you
+As Falcon 4.0 is now feature-complete, we would really be thankful if you
 could test this beta release with your apps, and
 :ref:`let us know if you run into any issues <chat>`!
 Please also check the list of **breaking changes** below.
@@ -16,9 +17,9 @@ checker of choice without any *typeshed* extensions for Falcon, and
 :ref:`report back to us <chat>` how it went!
 
 As always, you can grab the new release
-`from PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/falcon/4.0.0b3/>`__::
+`from PyPI <https://pypi.org/project/falcon/4.0.0b4/>`__::
 
-    pip install falcon==4.0.0b3
+    pip install falcon==4.0.0b4
 
 (Alternatively, continue reading these docs for more
 :ref:`installation options <install>`.)
@@ -232,6 +233,11 @@ Breaking Changes
   :attr:`~falcon.Request.if_modified_since`,
   :attr:`~falcon.Request.if_unmodified_since`, and
   :attr:`falcon.testing.Cookie.expires`) has also changed to timezone-aware.
+
+  Furthermore, the default value of the `format_string` parameter in
+  :meth:`falcon.Request.get_param_as_datetime` and
+  :class:`falcon.routing.DateTimeConverter` has also been updated to use a
+  timezone-aware form.
   (`#2182 <https://github.com/falconry/falcon/issues/2182>`__)
 - ``setup.cfg`` was dropped in favor of consolidating all static project
   configuration in ``pyproject.toml`` (``setup.py`` is still needed for

falcon/request.py

@@ -2134,7 +2134,7 @@ def get_param_as_datetime(
     def get_param_as_datetime(
         self,
         name: str,
-        format_string: str = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ',
+        format_string: str = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z',
         required: bool = False,
         store: StoreArg = None,
         default: Optional[datetime] = None,
@@ -2147,7 +2147,7 @@ def get_param_as_datetime(
         Keyword Args:
             format_string (str): String used to parse the param value
                 into a ``datetime``. Any format recognized by strptime() is
-                supported (default ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'``).
+                supported (default ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z'``).
             required (bool): Set to ``True`` to raise
                 ``HTTPBadRequest`` instead of returning ``None`` when the
                 parameter is not found (default ``False``).
@@ -2165,6 +2165,14 @@ def get_param_as_datetime(
         Raises:
             HTTPBadRequest: A required param is missing from the request, or
                 the value could not be converted to a ``datetime``.
+
+        .. versionchanged:: 4.0
+            The default value of `format_string` was changed from
+            ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'`` to ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z'``.
+
+            The new format is a superset of the old one parsing-wise, however,
+            the converted :class:`~datetime.datetime` object is now
+            timezone-aware.
         """
 
         param_value = self.get_param(name, required=required)

falcon/routing/converters.py

@@ -182,12 +182,19 @@ class DateTimeConverter(BaseConverter):
     Keyword Args:
         format_string (str): String used to parse the field value
             into a datetime. Any format recognized by strptime() is
-            supported (default ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'``).
+            supported (default ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z'``).
+
+    .. versionchanged:: 4.0
+        The default value of `format_string` was changed from
+        ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ'`` to ``'%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z'``.
+
+        The new format is a superset of the old one parsing-wise, however, the
+        converted :class:`~datetime.datetime` object is now timezone-aware.
     """
 
     __slots__ = ('_format_string',)
 
-    def __init__(self, format_string: str = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ') -> None:
+    def __init__(self, format_string: str = '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S%z') -> None:
         self._format_string = format_string
 
     def convert(self, value: str) -> Optional[datetime]:

falcon/version.py

@@ -14,5 +14,5 @@
 
 """Falcon version."""
 
-__version__ = '4.0.0b3'
+__version__ = '4.0.0b4'
 """Current version of Falcon."""

tests/test_query_params.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from datetime import date
 from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timezone
 import json
 from uuid import UUID
 
@@ -848,7 +849,9 @@ def test_get_datetime_valid(self, simulate_request, client, resource):
         query_string = 'thedate={}'.format(date_value)
         simulate_request(client=client, path='/', query_string=query_string)
         req = resource.captured_req
-        assert req.get_param_as_datetime('thedate') == datetime(2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10)
+        assert req.get_param_as_datetime('thedate') == datetime(
+            2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10, tzinfo=timezone.utc
+        )
 
     def test_get_datetime_missing_param(self, simulate_request, client, resource):
         client.app.add_route('/', resource)
@@ -857,16 +860,36 @@ def test_get_datetime_missing_param(self, simulate_request, client, resource):
         req = resource.captured_req
         assert req.get_param_as_datetime('thedate') is None
 
-    def test_get_datetime_valid_with_format(self, simulate_request, client, resource):
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize(
+        'format_string, date_value, expected',
+        [
+            ('%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S', '20150420 10:10:10', datetime(2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10)),
+            (
+                '%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%SZ',
+                '2015-04-20T10:10:10Z',
+                datetime(2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10),
+            ),
+            (
+                '%Y%m%dT%H:%M:%S.%fZ',
+                '20150420T10:10:10.133701Z',
+                datetime(2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10, 133701),
+            ),
+        ],
+    )
+    def test_get_datetime_valid_with_format(
+        self, simulate_request, client, resource, format_string, date_value, expected
+    ):
         client.app.add_route('/', resource)
-        date_value = '20150420 10:10:10'
         query_string = 'thedate={}'.format(date_value)
-        format_string = '%Y%m%d %H:%M:%S'
         simulate_request(client=client, path='/', query_string=query_string)
         req = resource.captured_req
-        assert req.get_param_as_datetime(
-            'thedate', format_string=format_string
-        ) == datetime(2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10)
+        assert (
+            req.get_param_as_datetime(
+                'thedate',
+                format_string=format_string,
+            )
+            == expected
+        )
 
     def test_get_datetime_store(self, simulate_request, client, resource):
         client.app.add_route('/', resource)
@@ -877,7 +900,9 @@ def test_get_datetime_store(self, simulate_request, client, resource):
         store = {}
         req.get_param_as_datetime('thedate', store=store)
         assert len(store) != 0
-        assert store.get('thedate') == datetime(2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10)
+        assert store.get('thedate') == datetime(
+            2015, 4, 20, 10, 10, 10, tzinfo=timezone.utc
+        )
 
     def test_get_datetime_invalid(self, simulate_request, client, resource):
         client.app.add_route('/', resource)

tests/test_uri_converters.py

@@ -1,4 +1,5 @@
 from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timezone
 import math
 import string
 import uuid
@@ -153,7 +154,9 @@ def test_datetime_converter(value, format_string, expected):
 
 def test_datetime_converter_default_format():
     c = converters.DateTimeConverter()
-    assert c.convert('2017-07-03T14:30:01Z') == datetime(2017, 7, 3, 14, 30, 1)
+    assert c.convert('2017-07-03T14:30:01Z') == datetime(
+        2017, 7, 3, 14, 30, 1, tzinfo=timezone.utc
+    )
 
 
 @pytest.mark.parametrize(

tests/test_uri_templates.py

@@ -6,6 +6,7 @@
 """
 
 from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timezone
 import math
 import uuid
 
@@ -288,7 +289,7 @@ def test_int_converter_rejections(client, uri_template):
         (
             '/{start_year:int}-to-{timestamp:dt}',
             '/1961-to-1969-07-21T02:56:00Z',
-            datetime(1969, 7, 21, 2, 56, 0),
+            datetime(1969, 7, 21, 2, 56, 0, tzinfo=timezone.utc),
         ),
         (
             '/{start_year:int}-to-{timestamp:dt("%Y-%m-%d")}',