BUG: Indexing with UTC offset string no longer ignored

doc/source/user_guide/timeseries.rst

@@ -633,6 +633,14 @@ We are stopping on the included end-point as it is part of the index:
    dft2 = dft2.swaplevel(0, 1).sort_index()
    dft2.loc[idx[:, '2013-01-05'], :]
 
+Slicing with string indexing also honors UTC offset.
+
+.. ipython:: python
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame([0], index=pd.DatetimeIndex(['2019-01-01'], tz='US/Pacific'))
+    df
+    df['2019-01-01 12:00:00+04:00':'2019-01-01 13:00:00+04:00']
+
 .. _timeseries.slice_vs_exact_match:
 
 Slice vs. Exact Match

doc/source/whatsnew/v0.25.0.rst

@@ -28,7 +28,37 @@ Other Enhancements
 Backwards incompatible API changes
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
-- :meth:`Timestamp.strptime` will now rise a NotImplementedError (:issue:`21257`)
+.. _whatsnew_0240.api_breaking.utc_offset_indexing:
+
+Indexing with date strings with UTC offsets
+^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
+
+Indexing a :class:`DataFrame` or :class:`Series` with a :class:`DatetimeIndex` with a
+date string with a UTC offset would previously ignore the UTC offset. Now, the UTC offset
+is respected in indexing. (:issue:`24076`, :issue:`16785`)
+
+*Previous Behavior*:
+
+.. code-block:: ipython
+
+    In [1]: df = pd.DataFrame([0], index=pd.DatetimeIndex(['2019-01-01'], tz='US/Pacific'))
+
+    In [2]: df
+    Out[2]:
+                               0
+    2019-01-01 00:00:00-08:00  0
+
+    In [3]: df['2019-01-01 00:00:00+04:00':'2019-01-01 01:00:00+04:00']
+    Out[3]:
+                               0
+    2019-01-01 00:00:00-08:00  0
+
+*New Behavior*:
+
+.. ipython:: ipython
+
+    df = pd.DataFrame([0], index=pd.DatetimeIndex(['2019-01-01'], tz='US/Pacific'))
+    df['2019-01-01 12:00:00+04:00':'2019-01-01 13:00:00+04:00']
 
 .. _whatsnew_0250.api.other:
 
@@ -37,7 +67,7 @@ Other API Changes
 
 - :class:`DatetimeTZDtype` will now standardize pytz timezones to a common timezone instance (:issue:`24713`)
 - ``Timestamp`` and ``Timedelta`` scalars now implement the :meth:`to_numpy` method as aliases to :meth:`Timestamp.to_datetime64` and :meth:`Timedelta.to_timedelta64`, respectively. (:issue:`24653`)
--
+- :meth:`Timestamp.strptime` will now rise a NotImplementedError (:issue:`21257`)
 -
 
 .. _whatsnew_0250.deprecations:

pandas/core/indexes/base.py

@@ -6,9 +6,10 @@
 import numpy as np
 
 from pandas._libs import (
-    Timedelta, algos as libalgos, index as libindex, join as libjoin, lib,
-    tslibs)
+    algos as libalgos, index as libindex, join as libjoin, lib)
 from pandas._libs.lib import is_datetime_array
+from pandas._libs.tslibs import OutOfBoundsDatetime, Timedelta, Timestamp
+from pandas._libs.tslibs.timezones import tz_compare
 import pandas.compat as compat
 from pandas.compat import range, set_function_name, u
 from pandas.compat.numpy import function as nv
@@ -447,7 +448,7 @@ def __new__(cls, data=None, dtype=None, copy=False, name=None,
                             try:
                                 return DatetimeIndex(subarr, copy=copy,
                                                      name=name, **kwargs)
-                            except tslibs.OutOfBoundsDatetime:
+                            except OutOfBoundsDatetime:
                                 pass
 
                     elif inferred.startswith('timedelta'):
@@ -4866,6 +4867,20 @@ def slice_locs(self, start=None, end=None, step=None, kind=None):
             # If it's a reverse slice, temporarily swap bounds.
             start, end = end, start
 
+        # GH 16785: If start and end happen to be date strings with UTC offsets
+        # attempt to parse and check that the offsets are the same
+        if (isinstance(start, (compat.string_types, datetime))
+                and isinstance(end, (compat.string_types, datetime))):
+            try:
+                ts_start = Timestamp(start)
+                ts_end = Timestamp(end)
+            except (ValueError, TypeError):
+                pass
+            else:
+                if not tz_compare(ts_start.tzinfo, ts_end.tzinfo):
+                    raise ValueError("Both dates must have the "
+                                     "same UTC offset")
+
         start_slice = None
         if start is not None:
             start_slice = self.get_slice_bound(start, 'left', kind)

pandas/core/indexes/datetimes.py

@@ -32,9 +32,8 @@
 from pandas.core.ops import get_op_result_name
 import pandas.core.tools.datetimes as tools
 
-from pandas.tseries import offsets
 from pandas.tseries.frequencies import Resolution, to_offset
-from pandas.tseries.offsets import CDay, prefix_mapping
+from pandas.tseries.offsets import CDay, Nano, prefix_mapping
 
 
 def _new_DatetimeIndex(cls, d):
@@ -826,54 +825,57 @@ def _parsed_string_to_bounds(self, reso, parsed):
         lower, upper: pd.Timestamp
 
         """
+        valid_resos = {'year', 'month', 'quarter', 'day', 'hour', 'minute',
+                       'second', 'minute', 'second', 'microsecond'}
+        if reso not in valid_resos:
+            raise KeyError
         if reso == 'year':
-            return (Timestamp(datetime(parsed.year, 1, 1), tz=self.tz),
-                    Timestamp(datetime(parsed.year, 12, 31, 23,
-                                       59, 59, 999999), tz=self.tz))
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, 1, 1)
+            end = Timestamp(parsed.year, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59, 999999)
         elif reso == 'month':
             d = ccalendar.get_days_in_month(parsed.year, parsed.month)
-            return (Timestamp(datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, 1),
-                              tz=self.tz),
-                    Timestamp(datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, d, 23,
-                                       59, 59, 999999), tz=self.tz))
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, 1)
+            end = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, d, 23, 59, 59, 999999)
         elif reso == 'quarter':
             qe = (((parsed.month - 1) + 2) % 12) + 1  # two months ahead
             d = ccalendar.get_days_in_month(parsed.year, qe)  # at end of month
-            return (Timestamp(datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, 1),
-                              tz=self.tz),
-                    Timestamp(datetime(parsed.year, qe, d, 23, 59,
-                                       59, 999999), tz=self.tz))
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, 1)
+            end = Timestamp(parsed.year, qe, d, 23, 59, 59, 999999)
         elif reso == 'day':
-            st = datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day)
-            return (Timestamp(st, tz=self.tz),
-                    Timestamp(Timestamp(st + offsets.Day(),
-                                        tz=self.tz).value - 1))
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day)
+            end = start + timedelta(days=1) - Nano(1)
         elif reso == 'hour':
-            st = datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
-                          hour=parsed.hour)
-            return (Timestamp(st, tz=self.tz),
-                    Timestamp(Timestamp(st + offsets.Hour(),
-                                        tz=self.tz).value - 1))
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
+                              parsed.hour)
+            end = start + timedelta(hours=1) - Nano(1)
         elif reso == 'minute':
-            st = datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
-                          hour=parsed.hour, minute=parsed.minute)
-            return (Timestamp(st, tz=self.tz),
-                    Timestamp(Timestamp(st + offsets.Minute(),
-                                        tz=self.tz).value - 1))
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
+                              parsed.hour, parsed.minute)
+            end = start + timedelta(minutes=1) - Nano(1)
         elif reso == 'second':
-            st = datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
-                          hour=parsed.hour, minute=parsed.minute,
-                          second=parsed.second)
-            return (Timestamp(st, tz=self.tz),
-                    Timestamp(Timestamp(st + offsets.Second(),
-                                        tz=self.tz).value - 1))
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
+                              parsed.hour, parsed.minute, parsed.second)
+            end = start + timedelta(seconds=1) - Nano(1)
         elif reso == 'microsecond':
-            st = datetime(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
-                          parsed.hour, parsed.minute, parsed.second,
-                          parsed.microsecond)
-            return (Timestamp(st, tz=self.tz), Timestamp(st, tz=self.tz))
-        else:
-            raise KeyError
+            start = Timestamp(parsed.year, parsed.month, parsed.day,
+                              parsed.hour, parsed.minute, parsed.second,
+                              parsed.microsecond)
+            end = start + timedelta(microseconds=1) - Nano(1)
+        # GH 24076
+        # If an incoming date string contained a UTC offset, need to localize
+        # the parsed date to this offset first before aligning with the index's
+        # timezone
+        if parsed.tzinfo is not None:
+            if self.tz is None:
+                raise ValueError("The index must be timezone aware "
+                                 "when indexing with a date string with a "
+                                 "UTC offset")
+            start = start.tz_localize(parsed.tzinfo).tz_convert(self.tz)
+            end = end.tz_localize(parsed.tzinfo).tz_convert(self.tz)
+        elif self.tz is not None:
+            start = start.tz_localize(self.tz)
+            end = end.tz_localize(self.tz)
+        return start, end
 
     def _partial_date_slice(self, reso, parsed, use_lhs=True, use_rhs=True):
         is_monotonic = self.is_monotonic

pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_datetime.py

@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ def test_stringified_slice_with_tz(self):
         # GH#2658
         import datetime
         start = datetime.datetime.now()
-        idx = date_range(start=start, freq="1d", periods=10)
+        idx = date_range(start=start, freq="1d", periods=10, tz='US/Eastern')
         df = DataFrame(lrange(10), index=idx)
         df["2013-01-14 23:44:34.437768-05:00":]  # no exception here
 

pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_partial_slicing.py

@@ -396,3 +396,30 @@ def test_selection_by_datetimelike(self, datetimelike, op, expected):
         result = op(df.A, datetimelike)
         expected = Series(expected, name='A')
         tm.assert_series_equal(result, expected)
+
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('start', [
+        '2018-12-02 21:50:00+00:00', pd.Timestamp('2018-12-02 21:50:00+00:00'),
+        pd.Timestamp('2018-12-02 21:50:00+00:00').to_pydatetime()
+    ])
+    @pytest.mark.parametrize('end', [
+        '2018-12-02 21:52:00+00:00', pd.Timestamp('2018-12-02 21:52:00+00:00'),
+        pd.Timestamp('2018-12-02 21:52:00+00:00').to_pydatetime()
+    ])
+    def test_getitem_with_datestring_with_UTC_offset(self, start, end):
+        # GH 24076
+        idx = pd.date_range(start='2018-12-02 14:50:00-07:00',
+                            end='2018-12-02 14:50:00-07:00', freq='1min')
+        df = pd.DataFrame(1, index=idx, columns=['A'])
+        result = df[start:end]
+        expected = df.iloc[0:3, :]
+        tm.assert_frame_equal(result, expected)
+
+        # GH 16785
+        start = str(start)
+        end = str(end)
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="Both dates must"):
+            df[start:end[:-4] + '1:00']
+
+        with pytest.raises(ValueError, match="The index must be timezone"):
+            df = df.tz_localize(None)
+            df[start:end]