Timezone-aware version of TastyPie's DateTimeField

tastypie_aware_datetime_field.py

class AwareDateTimeField(DateTimeField):
    """
    This field is timezone-aware version of TastyPie standard DateTime field
    """
    def convert(self, value):
        """
        Convert any value stored in this field to the actual ISO-8601 string
        :param value:
        :return: deserialized value
        :rtype: str or NoneType
        """
        # TODO: Consider calling super() here explicitly and using the result

        if value is None:
            return None

        if not isinstance(value, basestring):
            # Not fully dehydrated yet
            return value.isoformat()

        # Nothing to do with it
        return value