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C-extension datetime.timezone is not acceptable as a base class; pure-Python version is #112451

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Datetime has two modes. There is divergent behavior between the pure python and the c-extension timezone class, as found in django

>>> import datetime, _pydatetime
>>> class timezone(_pydatetime.timezone): pass  # Works fine...
... 
>>> class timezone(datetime.timezone): pass  # Fails to subclass...
... 
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
TypeError: type 'datetime.timezone' is not an acceptable base type

CPython versions tested on:

3.12

Operating systems tested on:

Linux

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