def test_convert_local_ts_to_utc_on_local_timezone(self):
"""
The database sunportal uses contains timestamps not in UTC timezone (as per definition), but
instead in local timezone. convert_local_ts_to_utc converts those timestamps back to UTC for
further processing and timezone independent front-ends.
"""
import time
ts_in_utc = int(
time.time()) # unix timestamps are per definition always in utc
timezone = Database.get_local_timezone(None)
utc_offset = timezone.utcoffset(None).seconds
ts_in_local_time = ts_in_utc + utc_offset
res = Database.convert_local_ts_to_utc(None, ts_in_local_time,
timezone)
self.assertEqual(res, ts_in_utc)
