Rename to timezone instead of zone

Author: systemcatch

arrow/__init__.py

@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from ._version import __version__
-from .api import get, now, utcnow, zone
+from .api import get, now, timezone, utcnow
 from .arrow import Arrow
 from .factory import ArrowFactory
 from .formatter import (
@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@
     "get",
     "now",
     "utcnow",
-    "zone",
+    "timezone",
     "Arrow",
     "ArrowFactory",
     "FORMAT_ATOM",

arrow/api.py

@@ -9,8 +9,6 @@
 from time import struct_time
 from typing import Any, List, Optional, Tuple, Type, Union, overload
 
-from dateutil import tz as dateutil_tz
-
 from arrow.arrow import TZ_EXPR, Arrow
 from arrow.constants import DEFAULT_LOCALE
 from arrow.factory import ArrowFactory
@@ -114,8 +112,8 @@ def now(tz: Optional[TZ_EXPR] = None) -> Arrow:
 now.__doc__ = _factory.now.__doc__
 
 
-def zone(zone_name: str) -> dateutil_tz:
-    return _factory.zone(zone_name)
+def timezone(zone_name: str) -> dt_tzinfo:
+    return _factory.timezone(zone_name)
 
 
 def factory(type: Type[Arrow]) -> ArrowFactory:
@@ -129,4 +127,4 @@ def factory(type: Type[Arrow]) -> ArrowFactory:
     return ArrowFactory(type)
 
 
-__all__ = ["get", "utcnow", "now", "factory", "zone"]
+__all__ = ["get", "utcnow", "now", "factory", "timezone"]

arrow/factory.py

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ def now(self, tz: Optional[TZ_EXPR] = None) -> Arrow:
         return self.type.now(tz)
 
     @staticmethod
-    def zone(zone_name: str) -> dateutil_tz:
+    def timezone(zone_name: str) -> dt_tzinfo:
         """docstring here"""
         zone = parser.TzinfoParser.parse(zone_name)
 

tests/test_factory.py

@@ -426,3 +426,15 @@ def test_tzinfo(self):
     def test_tz_str(self):
 
         assert_datetime_equality(self.factory.now("EST"), datetime.now(tz.gettz("EST")))
+
+
+@pytest.mark.usefixtures("arrow_factory")
+class TestTimezone:
+    def test_timezone(self):
+
+        assert self.factory.timezone("Australia/Darwin") == tz.gettz("Australia/Darwin")
+
+    def test_bad_input(self):
+
+        with pytest.raises(ParserError):
+            self.factory.timezone("absolute garbage#!?")