DateTime can't be pickled when the container's timezone was set by copying /etc/localtime

src/pendulum/tz/timezone.py

@@ -2,11 +2,13 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
 import datetime as _datetime
+import io
 import zoneinfo
 
 from abc import ABC
 from abc import abstractmethod
 from typing import TYPE_CHECKING
+from typing import Any
 from typing import TypeVar
 from typing import cast
 
@@ -16,6 +18,9 @@
 
 
 if TYPE_CHECKING:
+    from collections.abc import Callable
+    from zoneinfo._common import _IOBytes
+
     from typing_extensions import Self
 
 POST_TRANSITION = "post"
@@ -60,12 +65,39 @@ class Timezone(zoneinfo.ZoneInfo, PendulumTimezone):
     >>> tz = Timezone('Europe/Paris')
     """
 
+    _file_bytes: bytes | None = None
+
     def __new__(cls, key: str) -> Self:
         try:
             return super().__new__(cls, key)
         except zoneinfo.ZoneInfoNotFoundError:
             raise InvalidTimezone(key)
 
+    @classmethod
+    def from_file(cls, fobj: _IOBytes, /, key: str | None = None) -> Self:
+        # zoneinfo.ZoneInfo can't pickle this, so keep the bytes to rebuild it.
+        data = fobj.read(-1)
+        instance = cast("Self", super().from_file(io.BytesIO(data), key=key))
+        instance._file_bytes = data
+
+        return instance
+
+    def __reduce__(
+        self,
+    ) -> (
+        tuple[Callable[[bytes, str | None], Self], tuple[bytes, str | None]]
+        | str
+        | tuple[Any, ...]
+    ):
+        if self._file_bytes is None:
+            return super().__reduce__()
+
+        return self.__class__._from_pickled_file, (self._file_bytes, self.key)
+
+    @classmethod
+    def _from_pickled_file(cls, data: bytes, key: str | None) -> Self:
+        return cls.from_file(io.BytesIO(data), key=key)
+
     def __eq__(self, other: object) -> bool:
         return isinstance(other, Timezone) and self.key == other.key
 

tests/tz/test_timezone.py

@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 from __future__ import annotations
 
+import pickle
 import zoneinfo
 
 from datetime import datetime
@@ -476,3 +477,29 @@ def test_repr():
     tz = timezone("Europe/Paris")
 
     assert repr(tz) == "Timezone('Europe/Paris')"
+
+
+def _paris_tzif_bytes() -> bytes:
+    # tzdata works the same on every platform pendulum supports, unlike /usr/share/zoneinfo.
+    from importlib import resources
+
+    return resources.files("tzdata.zoneinfo").joinpath("Europe", "Paris").read_bytes()
+
+
+def test_from_file_without_a_key_can_be_pickled():
+    # get_local_timezone()'s last-resort fallback builds a Timezone this same way, with no key.
+    from io import BytesIO
+
+    import pendulum.tz.timezone as timezone_module
+
+    tz = timezone_module.Timezone.from_file(BytesIO(_paris_tzif_bytes()))
+
+    assert tz.key is None
+
+    unpickled = pickle.loads(pickle.dumps(tz))
+
+    assert unpickled.key is None
+    dt = datetime(2024, 7, 1, 12, tzinfo=unpickled)
+    assert dt.utcoffset() == timedelta(hours=2)  # CEST, matches Europe/Paris in July
+    dt = datetime(2024, 1, 1, 12, tzinfo=unpickled)
+    assert dt.utcoffset() == timedelta(hours=1)  # CET, matches Europe/Paris in January