arrow-py / arrow-py/arrow

Timezone parsing accepts invalid values

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Description

## Issue Description

This is accepted as a valid timezone expression, and should not be: `+03:00.34`

Note that this is a regression, and this PR would fix it: https://github.com/arrow-py/arrow/pull/1165

## System Info

- 🖥 **OS name and version**: Ubuntu 25.10
- 🐍 **Python version**: Python 3.13.7
- 🏹 **Arrow version**: 1.4.0

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Research direction

Start by reproducing the reported timezone expression `+03:00.34` on Arrow 1.4.0, then inspect PR #1165, which the issue identifies as the regression fix. Done means the invalid expression is rejected and the behavior matches the intended correction in that pull request.

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Assessment

Tech stack
python
Domain
backend
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
35/100

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