FIX: Retain original timezone in Python datetime objects

[gargsaumya]

Work Item / Issue Reference

AB#39184

GitHub Issue: #213

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Summary

This pull request updates how datetimeoffset values are handled when reading from SQL Server in the Python bindings. The main change is to preserve the original timezone information in returned Python datetime objects, instead of always converting them to UTC. Correspondingly, the test suite has been updated to compare datetimes with their original timezone rather than converting to UTC for assertions.

Datetimeoffset handling improvements:

• Removed forced conversion of datetimeoffset values to UTC in SQLGetData_wrap and FetchBatchData, so Python datetime objects retain their original timezone info. [1] [2]

Test suite updates:

• Updated all relevant tests in tests/test_004_cursor.py to compare datetimes directly, preserving timezone information, instead of converting to UTC for equality checks. This affects tests for read/write, max/min offsets, DST transitions, executemany, and extreme offsets. [1] [2] [3] [4] [5]

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Pull Request Overview

This pull request fixes the handling of datetimeoffset values in Python bindings to retain original timezone information instead of converting to UTC. The change allows Python datetime objects to preserve their original timezone when reading from SQL Server.

• Removed forced UTC conversion in C++ datetime handling code
• Updated test suite to compare datetimes directly with preserved timezone information
• Simplified test assertions by removing UTC conversion and microsecond rounding logic

Reviewed Changes

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File	Description
mssql_python/pybind/ddbc_bindings.cpp	Removed UTC conversion calls in SQLGetData_wrap and FetchBatchData functions
tests/test_004_cursor.py	Updated datetimeoffset tests to compare datetime objects directly instead of converting to UTC

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