[PDB Tech] django_peeringdb sync issues with SYNC_STRIP_TZ == True

[Matt Griswold]

Will check it out, thanks.

* Milton Ngan <milton at valvesoftware.com> [170406 15:30 +0000]:
> I just opened an issue on GitHub about this already, but I'll
> summarize the issue. When using the 'peeringdb sync' command from the
> Python peeringdb module, the 'since' Unix timestamp is calculated
> incorrectly. The dates are properly stored in the database in UTC,
> but the Unix timestamp is calculated using the local timezone via
> mtkime. So us poor people West of UTC will get a Unix timestamp which
> is ahead of where it should be. So any records created/updated in
> this gap will be missed. Being in UTC-7/-8 that gap is pretty big and
> we hit this all time now. I didn't seem to see it as much earlier,
> but this could be due to increased usage of PeeringDB over the past
> year or two.
> 
> This issue is probably not affecting anyone East of UTC because their
> timestamps will be behind where it ought to be which is fine because
> you get duplicate updates which just get merged.