# HG changeset patch
# User Peter Sanchez <petersanchez@gmail.com>
# Date 1319590661 25200
#      Tue Oct 25 17:57:41 2011 -0700
# Node ID 1c366d701b6aba0f74ba09719f59b3a6ce4d9fde
# Parent  0d5e3a60e4d3f7d6df97b72913a59b1970f9d305
Updated for stupid MySQL timezone issue.

diff --git a/twittersync/__init__.py b/twittersync/__init__.py
--- a/twittersync/__init__.py
+++ b/twittersync/__init__.py
@@ -1,1 +1,1 @@
-__version__ = '0.3'
+__version__ = '0.4'
diff --git a/twittersync/helpers.py b/twittersync/helpers.py
--- a/twittersync/helpers.py
+++ b/twittersync/helpers.py
@@ -38,12 +38,23 @@
 
         return opener.open(self.build_url(qdict))
 
+    def _get_proper_date(self, c_date):
+        ''' Stupid helper to work around MySQL not able to 
+            handle timezones.
+            Ref: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/databases/#datetime-fields
+            XXX: Find a proper fix! Maybe just catch ValueError ?
+        '''
+        dbs = [x['ENGINE'].split('.')[-1] for x in settings.DATABASES.values()]
+        if 'mysql' in dbs:
+            return datatime.datetime.now()
+        return c_date
+
     def save_status_update(self, result):
         return TwitterStatus.objects.get_or_create(
             status_id=result['id_str'],
             author=self.account,
             content=result['text'],
-            created_date=parse(result['created_at']),
+            created_date=self._get_proper_date(parse(result['created_at'])),
         )
 
     def sync_twitter_account(self):