ticket #34699. Added a warning about using Trunc functions in a filter when the timezone is not UTC to database-functions. Added tests to confirm that the documentation is correct.

docs/ref/models/database-functions.txt

@@ -658,6 +658,41 @@ Usage example:
     2015-06-15 14:30:50.000321
     2015-06-15 14:40:02.000123
 
+.. warning::
+
+    Trunc functions, at the database level, return a timezone naive value which
+    is converted to a timezone aware value by the ORM. When you use a Trunc
+    function in a filter you will need to remember that it is a timezone naive
+    value. This can lead to unexpected results if you are using timezones other
+    than UTC. Django will store date/time values in the database in the UTC
+    timezone. The following example demonstrates what happens when using the
+    timezone "Europe/Berlin" and how to adjust for this:
+
+Filter example using the "Europe/Berlin" timezone.:
+
+.. code-block:: pycon
+
+    >>> from django.utils import timezone
+    >>> from datetime import datetime
+    >>> from django.db.models.functions import TruncSecond
+    >>> import zoneinfo
+    >>> start = datetime(2015, 6, 15, 14, 30, 50, 321)
+    >>> start = timezone.make_aware(start)
+    >>> exp = Experiment.objects.create(start_datetime=start)
+    >>> find_this_exp = Experiment.objects.annotate(
+    ...         trunc_start=TruncSecond("start_datetime")
+    ...     ).filter(trunc_start__lte=start)
+    >>> find_this_exp.count()  # We expect to find one result but 0 are found
+    ...
+    0
+    >>> start_adjusted = timezone.localtime(start).replace(tzinfo=zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='UTC'))
+    >>> find_this_exp_adjusted = Experiment.objects.annotate(
+    ...         trunc_start=TruncSecond("start_datetime")
+    ...     ).filter(trunc_start__lte=start_adjusted)
+    >>> find_this_exp.count()
+    ...
+    1
+
 ``DateField`` truncation
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 

tests/db_functions/datetime/test_extract_trunc.py

@@ -1935,3 +1935,43 @@ class DateFunctionWithTimeZoneTests(DateFunctionTests):
             DTModel.objects.annotate(
                 hour_melb=Trunc("start_time", "hour", tzinfo=melb),
             ).get()
+
+    def test_trunc_in_filter(self):
+        """
+        ticket #34699. When TruncSecond is used in a filter it can behave unexpectedly
+        because the function at the database level returns a timezone naive value. The
+        documentation at docs/ref/models/database-functions.txt describes the problem
+        and provides a work-around in specific cases. These tests confirm the issue
+        exists and confirm that the work-around performs as described. If these tests
+        fail it could be because functionality has changed in which case the
+        documentation should be updated and the release notes should include information
+        about a potentially breaking change.
+        """
+        # UTC: No adjustment required to filtering for TruncSecond
+        now = timezone.now()
+        later = now + timedelta(hours=2)
+        non_utc_model = self.create_model(now, later)
+        models_qs = DTModel.objects.annotate(
+            start_trunc=TruncSecond('start_datetime')).filter(id=non_utc_model.id,
+                                                              start_trunc__lte=now)
+        self.assertEqual(models_qs.count(), 1)
+        test_timezones = [
+            zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("Europe/Berlin"),
+            zoneinfo.ZoneInfo("Australia/Melbourne")
+        ]
+        for test_tz in test_timezones:
+            with timezone.override(test_tz):
+                now = timezone.now()
+                later = now + timedelta(hours=2)
+                non_utc_model = self.create_model(now, later)
+                models_qs = DTModel.objects.annotate(
+                    start_trunc=TruncSecond('start_datetime')).filter(id=non_utc_model.id,
+                                                                      start_trunc__lte=now)
+                self.assertNotEqual(models_qs.count(), 1)
+                adjusted_now = timezone.localtime(now).replace(tzinfo=zoneinfo.ZoneInfo(key='UTC'))
+                models_qs = DTModel.objects.annotate(
+                    start_trunc=TruncSecond('start_datetime')).filter(id=non_utc_model.id,
+                                                                      start_trunc__lte=adjusted_now)
+                self.assertEqual(models_qs.count(), 1)
+
+