DEPR: utcnow, utcfromtimestamp

doc/source/whatsnew/v2.3.0.rst

@@ -92,7 +92,8 @@ Other API changes
 
 Deprecations
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~
--
+- Deprecated :meth:`Timestamp.utcfromtimestamp`, use ``Timestamp.fromtimestamp(ts, "UTC")`` instead (:issue:`56680`)
+- Deprecated :meth:`Timestamp.utcnow`, use ``Timestamp.now("UTC")`` instead (:issue:`56680`)
 -
 
 .. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------

pandas/_libs/tslibs/strptime.pyx

@@ -132,7 +132,7 @@ cdef bint parse_today_now(
         if infer_reso:
             creso = NPY_DATETIMEUNIT.NPY_FR_us
         if utc:
-            ts = <_Timestamp>Timestamp.utcnow()
+            ts = <_Timestamp>Timestamp.now(timezone.utc)
             iresult[0] = ts._as_creso(creso)._value
         else:
             # GH#18705 make sure to_datetime("now") matches Timestamp("now")

pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx

@@ -1418,6 +1418,14 @@ class Timestamp(_Timestamp):
         >>> pd.Timestamp.utcnow()   # doctest: +SKIP
         Timestamp('2020-11-16 22:50:18.092888+0000', tz='UTC')
         """
+        warnings.warn(
+            # The stdlib datetime.utcnow is deprecated, so we deprecate to match.
+            #  GH#56680
+            "Timestamp.utcnow is deprecated and will be removed in a future "
+            "version. Use Timestamp.now('UTC') instead.",
+            FutureWarning,
+            stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
+        )
         return cls.now(UTC)
 
     @classmethod
@@ -1438,6 +1446,14 @@ class Timestamp(_Timestamp):
         Timestamp('2020-03-14 15:32:52+0000', tz='UTC')
         """
         # GH#22451
+        warnings.warn(
+            # The stdlib datetime.utcfromtimestamp is deprecated, so we deprecate
+            #  to match. GH#56680
+            "Timestamp.utcfromtimestamp is deprecated and will be removed in a "
+            "future version. Use Timestamp.fromtimestamp(ts, 'UTC') instead.",
+            FutureWarning,
+            stacklevel=find_stack_level(),
+        )
         return cls.fromtimestamp(ts, tz="UTC")
 
     @classmethod

pandas/tests/groupby/methods/test_groupby_shift_diff.py

@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ def test_group_shift_with_fill_value():
 
 def test_group_shift_lose_timezone():
     # GH 30134
-    now_dt = Timestamp.utcnow().as_unit("ns")
+    now_dt = Timestamp.now("UTC").as_unit("ns")
     df = DataFrame({"a": [1, 1], "date": now_dt})
     result = df.groupby("a").shift(0).iloc[0]
     expected = Series({"date": now_dt}, name=result.name)

pandas/tests/scalar/timestamp/test_constructors.py

@@ -28,6 +28,7 @@
     Timedelta,
     Timestamp,
 )
+import pandas._testing as tm
 
 
 class TestTimestampConstructorUnitKeyword:
@@ -329,6 +330,18 @@ def test_constructor_positional_keyword_mixed_with_tzinfo(self, kwd, request):
 class TestTimestampClassMethodConstructors:
     # Timestamp constructors other than __new__
 
+    def test_utcnow_deprecated(self):
+        # GH#56680
+        msg = "Timestamp.utcnow is deprecated"
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+            Timestamp.utcnow()
+
+    def test_utcfromtimestamp_deprecated(self):
+        # GH#56680
+        msg = "Timestamp.utcfromtimestamp is deprecated"
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+            Timestamp.utcfromtimestamp(43)
+
     def test_constructor_strptime(self):
         # GH#25016
         # Test support for Timestamp.strptime

pandas/tests/scalar/timestamp/test_timestamp.py

@@ -269,7 +269,9 @@ def test_disallow_setting_tz(self, tz):
             ts.tz = tz
 
     def test_default_to_stdlib_utc(self):
-        assert Timestamp.utcnow().tz is timezone.utc
+        msg = "Timestamp.utcnow is deprecated"
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+            assert Timestamp.utcnow().tz is timezone.utc
         assert Timestamp.now("UTC").tz is timezone.utc
         assert Timestamp("2016-01-01", tz="UTC").tz is timezone.utc
 
@@ -312,11 +314,15 @@ def compare(x, y):
         compare(Timestamp.now(), datetime.now())
         compare(Timestamp.now("UTC"), datetime.now(pytz.timezone("UTC")))
         compare(Timestamp.now("UTC"), datetime.now(tzutc()))
-        compare(Timestamp.utcnow(), datetime.now(timezone.utc))
+        msg = "Timestamp.utcnow is deprecated"
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+            compare(Timestamp.utcnow(), datetime.now(timezone.utc))
         compare(Timestamp.today(), datetime.today())
         current_time = calendar.timegm(datetime.now().utctimetuple())
 
-        ts_utc = Timestamp.utcfromtimestamp(current_time)
+        msg = "Timestamp.utcfromtimestamp is deprecated"
+        with tm.assert_produces_warning(FutureWarning, match=msg):
+            ts_utc = Timestamp.utcfromtimestamp(current_time)
         assert ts_utc.timestamp() == current_time
         compare(
             Timestamp.fromtimestamp(current_time), datetime.fromtimestamp(current_time)

pandas/tests/tools/test_to_datetime.py

@@ -1073,6 +1073,7 @@ def test_to_datetime_today(self, tz):
     def test_to_datetime_today_now_unicode_bytes(self, arg):
         to_datetime([arg])
 
+    @pytest.mark.filterwarnings("ignore:Timestamp.utcnow is deprecated:FutureWarning")
     @pytest.mark.parametrize(
         "format, expected_ds",
         [