warcprox/doublethink/__init__.py

'''
doublethink/__init__.py - rethinkdb connection-manager-ish thing and service
registry thing

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Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
You may obtain a copy of the License at

    http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0

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'''

import rethinkdb
import datetime

from doublethink.orm import Document
from doublethink.rethinker import Rethinker
from doublethink.services import ServiceRegistry

__all__ = ['Document', 'Rethinker', 'ServiceRegistry', 'UTC', 'utcnow']

try:
    UTC = datetime.timezone.utc
except:
    UTC = rethinkdb.make_timezone("00:00")

def utcnow():
    """Convenience function to get timezone-aware UTC datetime. RethinkDB
    requires timezone-aware datetime for its native time type, and
    unfortunately datetime.datetime.utcnow() is not timezone-aware. Also python
    2 doesn't come with a timezone implementation."""
    return datetime.datetime.now(UTC)