fix: fix for the failing signature status

Author: Virag Sharma

packages/grz-db/src/grz_db/common.py

@@ -58,4 +58,4 @@ def serialize_datetime_to_iso_z(dt: datetime.datetime) -> str:
     if dt.tzinfo != datetime.UTC and dt.utcoffset() != datetime.timedelta(0):
         dt = dt.astimezone(datetime.UTC)
 
-    return dt.isoformat()
+    return dt.isoformat().replace("+00:00", "Z")

packages/grz-db/tests/test_common.py

@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+import datetime
+
+import pytest
+from grz_db.common import serialize_datetime_to_iso_z
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize(
+    "dt,description",
+    [
+        # SQLite: reads back as naive (no tzinfo)
+        (datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0), "SQLite naive datetime"),
+        # PostgreSQL: reads back as timezone-aware UTC
+        (datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1, 12, 0, 0, tzinfo=datetime.UTC), "PostgreSQL UTC datetime"),
+        # Non-UTC timezone (should be converted to UTC)
+        (
+            datetime.datetime(2024, 1, 1, 13, 0, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(hours=1))),
+            "Non-UTC timezone",
+        ),
+    ],
+)
+def test_serialize_datetime_to_iso_z_database_agnostic(dt, description):
+    """
+    serialize_datetime_to_iso_z must produce identical 'Z'-suffixed output
+    regardless of whether the datetime came from SQLite (naive) or PostgreSQL (timezone-aware).
+    This ensures signature verification works consistently across database backends.
+    """
+    result = serialize_datetime_to_iso_z(dt)
+    assert result.endswith("Z"), f"{description}: Expected 'Z' suffix, got: {result}"
+    assert "+00:00" not in result, f"{description}: Should not contain '+00:00'"
+    # All should normalize to the same UTC representation
+    assert result == "2024-01-01T12:00:00Z", f"{description}: Expected normalized UTC, got: {result}"