fixing time specification for daily tasks

Author: Paul Philion

netbot/netbot.py

@@ -10,6 +10,8 @@
 from dotenv import load_dotenv
 from discord import Role
 from discord.ext import commands, tasks
+import datetime as dt
+from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
 from redmine.model import TicketNote, Ticket, NamedId, Team, TeamSet
 from redmine import synctime
@@ -511,7 +513,7 @@ async def recycle_tickets(self):
 
 
     # The goal is to run the "daily" activities at 10am pacific daily
-    _ten_am_pacific = synctime.parse_hours("10:00 -0800")
+    _ten_am_pacific = dt.time(hour=10, tzinfo=ZoneInfo("America/Los_Angeles"))
     @tasks.loop(time=_ten_am_pacific)
     async def run_daily_tasks(self):
         """Process dusty and recycled tickets.

redmine/synctime.py

@@ -66,11 +66,6 @@ def zulu(timestamp:dt.datetime) -> str:
     return timestamp.strftime(ZULU_FORMAT)
 
 
-def parse_hours(hour_str:str) -> dt.time:
-    """convert '10:00 PT' into a time-of-day object"""
-    return dt.datetime.strptime(hour_str, "%H:%M %z").time()
-
-
 class SyncRecord():
     """encapulates the record of the last ticket syncronization"""
     def __init__(self, ticket_id: int, channel_id: int, last_sync: dt.datetime):