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Support specifying a timezone manually with strptime parser

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Description

For instance:

name: timestamp
type: datetime
description: Time at which the event was emitted
input_formats:
  - rfc3339
  - unix_timestamp
  - "%Y %m %d %H:%M:%S.%f %z"
  - strptime:
      format: "%Y %m %d %H:%M:%S.%f"
      default_timezone: America/New_York

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Research direction

Start by locating the strptime parser and the handling of datetime input_formats. Trace how a format and timezone are currently parsed, then verify that the example's default_timezone value is accepted and applied when the format does not include %z.

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Assessment

Tech stack
rust
Domain
backend
Issue type
Feature
Difficulty
3/5
Estimated time
1-2 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Mostly clear
Newbie friendliness
38/100

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