Merge pull request pandas-dev#307 from manahl/fix_tzfile_caching

Revert "Cache for mktz pandas-dev#303"
dan-nadler · Dec 22, 2016 · 975b3cc · 975b3cc
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diff --git a/CHANGES.md b/CHANGES.md
@@ -2,7 +2,6 @@
 
 ### 1.37
   * Bugfix:  #300 to_datetime deprecated in pandas, use to_pydatetime instead
-  * Feature: #303 Cache timezones in mktz for improved performance
 
 ### 1.36 (2016-12-13)
 

diff --git a/arctic/date/_mktz.py b/arctic/date/_mktz.py
@@ -3,10 +3,6 @@
 import dateutil
 import tzlocal
 import six
-import weakref
-
-
-_TZ_CACHE = weakref.WeakValueDictionary()
 
 
 class TimezoneError(Exception):
@@ -38,11 +34,6 @@ def mktz(zone=None):
     if zone is None:
         zone = tzlocal.get_localzone().zone
     zone = six.u(zone)
-
-    cached = _TZ_CACHE.get(zone)
-    if cached is not None:
-        return cached
-
     tz = dateutil.tz.gettz(zone)
     if not tz:
         raise TimezoneError('Timezone "%s" can not be read' % (zone))
@@ -53,5 +44,4 @@ def mktz(zone=None):
             if zone.startswith(p):
                 tz.zone = zone[len(p) + 1:]
                 break
-    _TZ_CACHE[zone] = tz
     return tz