kadjb

utils.py

@@ -28,13 +28,13 @@ def get_competitions(CONFIG_URL):
 
 def get_latest_evaluation_time(evaluation_times):
     """
-    Get the latest UTC evaluation time as a datetime object (either today or yesterday).
+    Get the latest UTC evaluation time as a pandas Timestamp (with dtype=datetime64[ns, UTC]).
     
     Args:
         evaluation_times (list): List of evaluation times as strings (in HH:MM format).
         
     Returns:
-        datetime: Latest evaluation time as a datetime object.
+        pd.Timestamp: Latest evaluation time as a pandas Timestamp with timezone UTC.
     """
     
     # Get the current UTC date and time
@@ -50,8 +50,9 @@ def get_latest_evaluation_time(evaluation_times):
     # Loop through the evaluation times in reverse to find the latest time that has passed
     for eval_time in reversed(eval_times):
         if current_utc_time >= eval_time:
-            # If the time has passed today, return today's date with that time
-            return current_utc_datetime.replace(hour=eval_time.hour, minute=eval_time.minute, second=0, microsecond=0)
+            # If the time has passed today, return today's date with that time as pd.Timestamp
+            latest_time = current_utc_datetime.replace(hour=eval_time.hour, minute=eval_time.minute, second=0, microsecond=0)
+            return pd.Timestamp(latest_time, tz='UTC')
     
     # If none of the evaluation times have passed, return the latest one from the previous day
     yesterday = current_utc_datetime - timedelta(days=1)