fixed test case

apprise/config/base.py

@@ -898,19 +898,15 @@ class ConfigBase(URLBase):
         # Acquire our asset tokens
         tokens = result.get("asset", None)
         if tokens and isinstance(tokens, dict):
-
-            # Prepare our default timezone (if specified)
-            timezone = str(tokens.get("timezone", tokens.get("tz", "")))
+            raw_tz = tokens.get("timezone", tokens.get("tz"))
+            timezone = raw_tz.strip() if isinstance(raw_tz, str) else ""
             if timezone:
                 default_timezone = zoneinfo(re.sub(r"[^\w/-]+", "", timezone))
                 if not default_timezone:
                     ConfigBase.logger.warning(
-                        'Ignored invalid timezone "%s"', timezone)
-                    # Restore our timezone back to what was found in the
-                    # asset object
+                        'Ignored invalid timezone "%s"', raw_tz)
                     default_timezone = asset.tzinfo
                 else:
-                    # Set our newly specified timezone
                     asset._tzinfo = default_timezone
 
             # Iterate over remaining tokens

apprise/plugins/base.py

@@ -31,7 +31,6 @@ from datetime import tzinfo
 from functools import partial
 import re
 from typing import Any, ClassVar, Optional, TypedDict, Union
-from zoneinfo import ZoneInfo
 
 from ..apprise_attachment import AppriseAttachment
 from ..common import (
@@ -298,7 +297,6 @@ class NotifyBase(URLBase):
     # automatically initialized by specifying ?tz= on the Apprise URLs
     __tzinfo = None
 
-
     def __init__(self, **kwargs):
         """Initialize some general configuration that will keep things
         consistent when working with the notifiers that will inherit this
@@ -350,10 +348,6 @@ class NotifyBase(URLBase):
 
         if "tz" in kwargs:
             value = kwargs["tz"]
-            if isinstance(value, ZoneInfo):
-                self.__tzinfo = kwargs["tz"]
-
-            else:
             self.__tzinfo = zoneinfo(value)
             if not self.__tzinfo:
                 err = (

tests/test_config_base.py

@@ -25,7 +25,7 @@
 # ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE
 # POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.
 
-from datetime import tzinfo
+from datetime import datetime, timezone as _tz, tzinfo
 from inspect import cleandoc
 
 # Disable logging for a cleaner testing output
@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ import logging
 import pytest
 import yaml
 
-from apprise import Apprise, AppriseAsset, ConfigFormat
+from apprise import Apprise, AppriseAsset, AppriseConfig, ConfigFormat
 from apprise.config import ConfigBase
 from apprise.plugins.email import NotifyEmail
 from apprise.utils.time import zoneinfo
@@ -1592,3 +1592,77 @@ include: [file:///absolute/path/, relative/path, http://test.com]
     assert "file:///absolute/path/" in config
     assert "relative/path" in config
     assert "http://test.com" in config
+
+
+def test_yaml_asset_timezone_and_asset_tokens(tmpdir):
+    """
+    Covers: valid tz, reserved keys, invalid key, bool coercion, None->"",
+    invalid type for string, and %z formatting path used later by plugins.
+    """
+    cfg = tmpdir.join("asset-tz.yml")
+    cfg.write(
+        """
+version: 1
+asset:
+  tz: "  america/toronto  "     # case-insensitive + whitespace cleanup
+  _private: "ignored"           # reserved (starts with _)
+  name_: "ignored"              # reserved (ends with _)
+  not_a_field: "ignored"        # invalid asset key
+  secure_logging: "yes"         # string -> bool via parse_bool
+  app_id: null                  # None becomes empty string
+  app_desc: [ "list" ]          # invalid type for string -> warning path
+urls:
+  - json://localhost
+"""
+    )
+
+    ac = AppriseConfig(paths=str(cfg))
+    # Force a fresh parse and get the loaded plugin
+    servers = ac.servers()
+    assert len(servers) == 1
+
+    plugin = servers[0]
+    asset = plugin.asset
+
+    # tz was accepted and normalised
+    assert getattr(asset.tzinfo, "key", None) == "America/Toronto"
+    # boolean coercion applied
+    assert asset.secure_logging is True
+    # None -> ""
+    assert asset.app_id == ""
+
+
+def test_yaml_asset_timezone_invalid_and_precedence(tmpdir):
+    """
+    If 'timezone' is present but invalid, it takes precedence over 'tz'
+    and MUST NOT set the asset to the 'tz' value. We assert that London
+    was not applied. We deliberately avoid asserting the exact fallback,
+    since environments may surface a system tz (datetime.timezone) that
+    lacks a `.key` attribute.
+    """
+    cfg = tmpdir.join("asset-tz-invalid.yml")
+    cfg.write(
+        """
+version: 1
+asset:
+  timezone: null                # invalid (will be seen as "None")
+  tz: Europe/London             # would be valid, but 'timezone' wins
+urls:
+  - json://localhost
+"""
+    )
+
+    base_asset = AppriseAsset(timezone="UTC")
+    ac = AppriseConfig(paths=str(cfg))
+    servers = ac.servers(asset=base_asset)
+    assert len(servers) == 1
+
+    tzinfo = servers[0].asset.tzinfo
+
+    # The key assertion: 'tz' MUST NOT have been applied
+    assert getattr(tzinfo, "key", "").lower() != "europe/london"
+
+    # Sanity check that something sensible is set
+    # Compare offsets at a fixed instant instead of object identity
+    dt = datetime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, tzinfo=_tz.utc)
+    assert tzinfo.utcoffset(dt) is not None