Alexander Belopolsky <belopol...@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment:

With timezone.utc available in datetime module, users should be encouraged to 
use dt.astimezone(timezone.utc).timetuple() instead of dt.utctimetuple().  Note 
that the later will set tm_isdst to -1.  This observation can be used to argue 
for either of two ways to resolve this issue:

1. Since utctimetuple() is no longer necessary, and the alternative works 
correctly, there is no need to fix it.  Just recommend the astimezone use in 
the docs and explain the subtle difference.

2. Having two ways to do the same thing which have a subtle difference is not a 
good idea.

I am leaning towards #1, but would like to hear from others.

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