python3: fix Iso8601 import statement

The import statement for Iso8601 was not properly
updated. This fix changes the import statement so
it works properly after python3 support changes.

fixes https://github.com/vmware/pyvmomi/issues/112

pyVmomi/VmomiSupport.py

@@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ from six import itervalues
 from six import text_type
 from six import PY3
 from datetime import datetime
-import pyVmomi.Iso8601
+from pyVmomi import Iso8601
 import base64
 import threading
 

tests/fixtures/iso8601_set_datetime.yaml

@@ -0,0 +1,347 @@
+interactions:
+- request:
+    body: null
+    headers:
+      Accept: ['*/*']
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      User-Agent: [python-requests/2.3.0 CPython/3.4.1 Darwin/13.3.0]
+    method: GET
+    uri: https://vcsa:443//sdk/vimServiceVersions.xml
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\" ?>\n<!--\n   Copyright
+        2008-2012 VMware, Inc.  All rights reserved.\n-->\n<namespaces version=\"1.0\">\n
+        \ <namespace>\n    <name>urn:vim25</name>\n    <version>5.5</version>\n    <priorVersions>\n
+        \     <version>5.1</version>\n      <version>5.0</version>\n      <version>4.1</version>\n
+        \     <version>4.0</version>\n      <version>2.5u2</version>\n      <version>2.5</version>\n
+        \   </priorVersions>\n  </namespace>\n  <namespace>\n    <name>urn:vim2</name>\n
+        \   <version>2.0</version>\n  </namespace>\n</namespaces>\n"}
+    headers:
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['530']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:33 GMT']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+- request:
+    body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+      <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+
+      <soapenv:Body><RetrieveServiceContent xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="ServiceInstance">ServiceInstance</_this></RetrieveServiceContent></soapenv:Body>
+
+      </soapenv:Envelope>'
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=UTF-8]
+      Cookie: ['']
+      SOAPAction: ['"urn:vim25/5.5"']
+    method: POST
+    uri: https://vcsa:443/sdk
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope
+        xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n
+        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n<soapenv:Body>\n<RetrieveServiceContentResponse
+        xmlns=\"urn:vim25\"><returnval><rootFolder type=\"Folder\">group-d1</rootFolder><propertyCollector
+        type=\"PropertyCollector\">propertyCollector</propertyCollector><viewManager
+        type=\"ViewManager\">ViewManager</viewManager><about><name>VMware vCenter
+        Server</name><fullName>VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0 build-1623101</fullName><vendor>VMware,
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+        VirtualCenter Server</licenseProductName><licenseProductVersion>5.0</licenseProductVersion></about><setting
+        type=\"OptionManager\">VpxSettings</setting><userDirectory type=\"UserDirectory\">UserDirectory</userDirectory><sessionManager
+        type=\"SessionManager\">SessionManager</sessionManager><authorizationManager
+        type=\"AuthorizationManager\">AuthorizationManager</authorizationManager><serviceManager
+        type=\"ServiceManager\">ServiceMgr</serviceManager><perfManager type=\"PerformanceManager\">PerfMgr</perfManager><scheduledTaskManager
+        type=\"ScheduledTaskManager\">ScheduledTaskManager</scheduledTaskManager><alarmManager
+        type=\"AlarmManager\">AlarmManager</alarmManager><eventManager type=\"EventManager\">EventManager</eventManager><taskManager
+        type=\"TaskManager\">TaskManager</taskManager><extensionManager type=\"ExtensionManager\">ExtensionManager</extensionManager><customizationSpecManager
+        type=\"CustomizationSpecManager\">CustomizationSpecManager</customizationSpecManager><customFieldsManager
+        type=\"CustomFieldsManager\">CustomFieldsManager</customFieldsManager><diagnosticManager
+        type=\"DiagnosticManager\">DiagMgr</diagnosticManager><licenseManager type=\"LicenseManager\">LicenseManager</licenseManager><searchIndex
+        type=\"SearchIndex\">SearchIndex</searchIndex><fileManager type=\"FileManager\">FileManager</fileManager><datastoreNamespaceManager
+        type=\"DatastoreNamespaceManager\">DatastoreNamespaceManager</datastoreNamespaceManager><virtualDiskManager
+        type=\"VirtualDiskManager\">virtualDiskManager</virtualDiskManager><snmpSystem
+        type=\"HostSnmpSystem\">SnmpSystem</snmpSystem><vmProvisioningChecker type=\"VirtualMachineProvisioningChecker\">ProvChecker</vmProvisioningChecker><vmCompatibilityChecker
+        type=\"VirtualMachineCompatibilityChecker\">CompatChecker</vmCompatibilityChecker><ovfManager
+        type=\"OvfManager\">OvfManager</ovfManager><ipPoolManager type=\"IpPoolManager\">IpPoolManager</ipPoolManager><dvSwitchManager
+        type=\"DistributedVirtualSwitchManager\">DVSManager</dvSwitchManager><hostProfileManager
+        type=\"HostProfileManager\">HostProfileManager</hostProfileManager><clusterProfileManager
+        type=\"ClusterProfileManager\">ClusterProfileManager</clusterProfileManager><complianceManager
+        type=\"ProfileComplianceManager\">MoComplianceManager</complianceManager><localizationManager
+        type=\"LocalizationManager\">LocalizationManager</localizationManager><storageResourceManager
+        type=\"StorageResourceManager\">StorageResourceManager</storageResourceManager><guestOperationsManager
+        type=\"GuestOperationsManager\">guestOperationsManager</guestOperationsManager></returnval></RetrieveServiceContentResponse>\n</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"}
+    headers:
+      Cache-Control: [no-cache]
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['3599']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=utf-8]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:33 GMT']
+      Set-Cookie: ['vmware_soap_session="52bd6093-90c7-3253-75e3-e43a480ce8cf"; Path=/;
+          HttpOnly; Secure; ']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+- request:
+    body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+      <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+
+      <soapenv:Body><Login xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="SessionManager">SessionManager</_this><userName>my_user</userName><password>my_password</password></Login></soapenv:Body>
+
+      </soapenv:Envelope>'
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=UTF-8]
+      Cookie: ['vmware_soap_session="52bd6093-90c7-3253-75e3-e43a480ce8cf"; Path=/;
+          HttpOnly; Secure; ']
+      SOAPAction: ['"urn:vim25/5.5"']
+    method: POST
+    uri: https://vcsa:443/sdk
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope
+        xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n
+        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n<soapenv:Body>\n<LoginResponse
+        xmlns=\"urn:vim25\"><returnval><key>52d559c8-dbac-f233-5751-dc3a755bfb76</key><userName>my_user</userName><fullName>my_user
+        </fullName><loginTime>2014-08-19T08:29:34.017448Z</loginTime><lastActiveTime>2014-08-19T08:29:34.017448Z</lastActiveTime><locale>en</locale><messageLocale>en</messageLocale><extensionSession>false</extensionSession><ipAddress>192.168.2.100</ipAddress><userAgent></userAgent><callCount>0</callCount></returnval></LoginResponse>\n</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"}
+    headers:
+      Cache-Control: [no-cache]
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['790']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=utf-8]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:34 GMT']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+- request:
+    body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+      <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+
+      <soapenv:Body><RetrieveServiceContent xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="ServiceInstance">ServiceInstance</_this></RetrieveServiceContent></soapenv:Body>
+
+      </soapenv:Envelope>'
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=UTF-8]
+      Cookie: ['vmware_soap_session="52bd6093-90c7-3253-75e3-e43a480ce8cf"; Path=/;
+          HttpOnly; Secure; ']
+      SOAPAction: ['"urn:vim25/5.5"']
+    method: POST
+    uri: https://vcsa:443/sdk
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope
+        xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n
+        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n<soapenv:Body>\n<RetrieveServiceContentResponse
+        xmlns=\"urn:vim25\"><returnval><rootFolder type=\"Folder\">group-d1</rootFolder><propertyCollector
+        type=\"PropertyCollector\">propertyCollector</propertyCollector><viewManager
+        type=\"ViewManager\">ViewManager</viewManager><about><name>VMware vCenter
+        Server</name><fullName>VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0 build-1623101</fullName><vendor>VMware,
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+        VirtualCenter Server</licenseProductName><licenseProductVersion>5.0</licenseProductVersion></about><setting
+        type=\"OptionManager\">VpxSettings</setting><userDirectory type=\"UserDirectory\">UserDirectory</userDirectory><sessionManager
+        type=\"SessionManager\">SessionManager</sessionManager><authorizationManager
+        type=\"AuthorizationManager\">AuthorizationManager</authorizationManager><serviceManager
+        type=\"ServiceManager\">ServiceMgr</serviceManager><perfManager type=\"PerformanceManager\">PerfMgr</perfManager><scheduledTaskManager
+        type=\"ScheduledTaskManager\">ScheduledTaskManager</scheduledTaskManager><alarmManager
+        type=\"AlarmManager\">AlarmManager</alarmManager><eventManager type=\"EventManager\">EventManager</eventManager><taskManager
+        type=\"TaskManager\">TaskManager</taskManager><extensionManager type=\"ExtensionManager\">ExtensionManager</extensionManager><customizationSpecManager
+        type=\"CustomizationSpecManager\">CustomizationSpecManager</customizationSpecManager><customFieldsManager
+        type=\"CustomFieldsManager\">CustomFieldsManager</customFieldsManager><diagnosticManager
+        type=\"DiagnosticManager\">DiagMgr</diagnosticManager><licenseManager type=\"LicenseManager\">LicenseManager</licenseManager><searchIndex
+        type=\"SearchIndex\">SearchIndex</searchIndex><fileManager type=\"FileManager\">FileManager</fileManager><datastoreNamespaceManager
+        type=\"DatastoreNamespaceManager\">DatastoreNamespaceManager</datastoreNamespaceManager><virtualDiskManager
+        type=\"VirtualDiskManager\">virtualDiskManager</virtualDiskManager><snmpSystem
+        type=\"HostSnmpSystem\">SnmpSystem</snmpSystem><vmProvisioningChecker type=\"VirtualMachineProvisioningChecker\">ProvChecker</vmProvisioningChecker><vmCompatibilityChecker
+        type=\"VirtualMachineCompatibilityChecker\">CompatChecker</vmCompatibilityChecker><ovfManager
+        type=\"OvfManager\">OvfManager</ovfManager><ipPoolManager type=\"IpPoolManager\">IpPoolManager</ipPoolManager><dvSwitchManager
+        type=\"DistributedVirtualSwitchManager\">DVSManager</dvSwitchManager><hostProfileManager
+        type=\"HostProfileManager\">HostProfileManager</hostProfileManager><clusterProfileManager
+        type=\"ClusterProfileManager\">ClusterProfileManager</clusterProfileManager><complianceManager
+        type=\"ProfileComplianceManager\">MoComplianceManager</complianceManager><localizationManager
+        type=\"LocalizationManager\">LocalizationManager</localizationManager><storageResourceManager
+        type=\"StorageResourceManager\">StorageResourceManager</storageResourceManager><guestOperationsManager
+        type=\"GuestOperationsManager\">guestOperationsManager</guestOperationsManager></returnval></RetrieveServiceContentResponse>\n</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"}
+    headers:
+      Cache-Control: [no-cache]
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['3599']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=utf-8]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:34 GMT']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+- request:
+    body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+      <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+
+      <soapenv:Body><RetrievePropertiesEx xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="PropertyCollector">propertyCollector</_this><specSet><propSet><type>ServiceInstance</type><all>false</all><pathSet>content</pathSet></propSet><objectSet><obj
+      type="ServiceInstance">ServiceInstance</obj><skip>false</skip></objectSet></specSet><options><maxObjects>1</maxObjects></options></RetrievePropertiesEx></soapenv:Body>
+
+      </soapenv:Envelope>'
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=UTF-8]
+      Cookie: ['vmware_soap_session="52bd6093-90c7-3253-75e3-e43a480ce8cf"; Path=/;
+          HttpOnly; Secure; ']
+      SOAPAction: ['"urn:vim25/5.5"']
+    method: POST
+    uri: https://vcsa:443/sdk
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope
+        xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n
+        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n<soapenv:Body>\n<RetrievePropertiesExResponse
+        xmlns=\"urn:vim25\"><returnval><objects><obj type=\"ServiceInstance\">ServiceInstance</obj><propSet><name>content</name><val
+        xsi:type=\"ServiceContent\"><rootFolder type=\"Folder\">group-d1</rootFolder><propertyCollector
+        type=\"PropertyCollector\">propertyCollector</propertyCollector><viewManager
+        type=\"ViewManager\">ViewManager</viewManager><about><name>VMware vCenter
+        Server</name><fullName>VMware vCenter Server 5.5.0 build-1623101</fullName><vendor>VMware,
+        Inc.</vendor><version>5.5.0</version><build>1623101</build><localeVersion>INTL</localeVersion><localeBuild>000</localeBuild><osType>linux-x64</osType><productLineId>vpx</productLineId><apiType>VirtualCenter</apiType><apiVersion>5.5</apiVersion><instanceUuid>7FE5EAEC-D956-4BF1-BC24-28D6242EA017</instanceUuid><licenseProductName>VMware
+        VirtualCenter Server</licenseProductName><licenseProductVersion>5.0</licenseProductVersion></about><setting
+        type=\"OptionManager\">VpxSettings</setting><userDirectory type=\"UserDirectory\">UserDirectory</userDirectory><sessionManager
+        type=\"SessionManager\">SessionManager</sessionManager><authorizationManager
+        type=\"AuthorizationManager\">AuthorizationManager</authorizationManager><serviceManager
+        type=\"ServiceManager\">ServiceMgr</serviceManager><perfManager type=\"PerformanceManager\">PerfMgr</perfManager><scheduledTaskManager
+        type=\"ScheduledTaskManager\">ScheduledTaskManager</scheduledTaskManager><alarmManager
+        type=\"AlarmManager\">AlarmManager</alarmManager><eventManager type=\"EventManager\">EventManager</eventManager><taskManager
+        type=\"TaskManager\">TaskManager</taskManager><extensionManager type=\"ExtensionManager\">ExtensionManager</extensionManager><customizationSpecManager
+        type=\"CustomizationSpecManager\">CustomizationSpecManager</customizationSpecManager><customFieldsManager
+        type=\"CustomFieldsManager\">CustomFieldsManager</customFieldsManager><diagnosticManager
+        type=\"DiagnosticManager\">DiagMgr</diagnosticManager><licenseManager type=\"LicenseManager\">LicenseManager</licenseManager><searchIndex
+        type=\"SearchIndex\">SearchIndex</searchIndex><fileManager type=\"FileManager\">FileManager</fileManager><datastoreNamespaceManager
+        type=\"DatastoreNamespaceManager\">DatastoreNamespaceManager</datastoreNamespaceManager><virtualDiskManager
+        type=\"VirtualDiskManager\">virtualDiskManager</virtualDiskManager><snmpSystem
+        type=\"HostSnmpSystem\">SnmpSystem</snmpSystem><vmProvisioningChecker type=\"VirtualMachineProvisioningChecker\">ProvChecker</vmProvisioningChecker><vmCompatibilityChecker
+        type=\"VirtualMachineCompatibilityChecker\">CompatChecker</vmCompatibilityChecker><ovfManager
+        type=\"OvfManager\">OvfManager</ovfManager><ipPoolManager type=\"IpPoolManager\">IpPoolManager</ipPoolManager><dvSwitchManager
+        type=\"DistributedVirtualSwitchManager\">DVSManager</dvSwitchManager><hostProfileManager
+        type=\"HostProfileManager\">HostProfileManager</hostProfileManager><clusterProfileManager
+        type=\"ClusterProfileManager\">ClusterProfileManager</clusterProfileManager><complianceManager
+        type=\"ProfileComplianceManager\">MoComplianceManager</complianceManager><localizationManager
+        type=\"LocalizationManager\">LocalizationManager</localizationManager><storageResourceManager
+        type=\"StorageResourceManager\">StorageResourceManager</storageResourceManager><guestOperationsManager
+        type=\"GuestOperationsManager\">guestOperationsManager</guestOperationsManager></val></propSet></objects></returnval></RetrievePropertiesExResponse>\n</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"}
+    headers:
+      Cache-Control: [no-cache]
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['3739']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=utf-8]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:34 GMT']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+- request:
+    body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+      <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+
+      <soapenv:Body><FindByUuid xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="SearchIndex">SearchIndex</_this><uuid>4c4c4544-0043-4d10-8056-b1c04f4c5331</uuid><vmSearch>false</vmSearch></FindByUuid></soapenv:Body>
+
+      </soapenv:Envelope>'
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=UTF-8]
+      Cookie: ['vmware_soap_session="52bd6093-90c7-3253-75e3-e43a480ce8cf"; Path=/;
+          HttpOnly; Secure; ']
+      SOAPAction: ['"urn:vim25/5.5"']
+    method: POST
+    uri: https://vcsa:443/sdk
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope
+        xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n
+        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n<soapenv:Body>\n<FindByUuidResponse
+        xmlns=\"urn:vim25\"><returnval type=\"HostSystem\">host-14</returnval></FindByUuidResponse>\n</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"}
+    headers:
+      Cache-Control: [no-cache]
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['434']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=utf-8]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:34 GMT']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+- request:
+    body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+      <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+
+      <soapenv:Body><RetrievePropertiesEx xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="PropertyCollector">propertyCollector</_this><specSet><propSet><type>HostSystem</type><all>false</all><pathSet>configManager</pathSet></propSet><objectSet><obj
+      type="HostSystem">host-14</obj><skip>false</skip></objectSet></specSet><options><maxObjects>1</maxObjects></options></RetrievePropertiesEx></soapenv:Body>
+
+      </soapenv:Envelope>'
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=UTF-8]
+      Cookie: ['vmware_soap_session="52bd6093-90c7-3253-75e3-e43a480ce8cf"; Path=/;
+          HttpOnly; Secure; ']
+      SOAPAction: ['"urn:vim25/5.5"']
+    method: POST
+    uri: https://vcsa:443/sdk
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope
+        xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n
+        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n<soapenv:Body>\n<RetrievePropertiesExResponse
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+        xsi:type=\"HostConfigManager\"><cpuScheduler type=\"HostCpuSchedulerSystem\">cpuScheduler-14</cpuScheduler><datastoreSystem
+        type=\"HostDatastoreSystem\">datastoreSystem-14</datastoreSystem><memoryManager
+        type=\"HostMemorySystem\">memorySystem-14</memoryManager><storageSystem type=\"HostStorageSystem\">storageSystem-14</storageSystem><networkSystem
+        type=\"HostNetworkSystem\">networkSystem-14</networkSystem><vmotionSystem
+        type=\"HostVMotionSystem\">vmotionSystem-14</vmotionSystem><virtualNicManager
+        type=\"HostVirtualNicManager\">virtualNicManager-14</virtualNicManager><serviceSystem
+        type=\"HostServiceSystem\">serviceSystem-14</serviceSystem><firewallSystem
+        type=\"HostFirewallSystem\">firewallSystem-14</firewallSystem><advancedOption
+        type=\"OptionManager\">EsxHostAdvSettings-14</advancedOption><diagnosticSystem
+        type=\"HostDiagnosticSystem\">diagnosticSystem-14</diagnosticSystem><autoStartManager
+        type=\"HostAutoStartManager\">autoStartManager-14</autoStartManager><dateTimeSystem
+        type=\"HostDateTimeSystem\">dateTimeSystem-14</dateTimeSystem><patchManager
+        type=\"HostPatchManager\">patchManager-14</patchManager><imageConfigManager
+        type=\"HostImageConfigManager\">imageConfigManager-14</imageConfigManager><bootDeviceSystem
+        type=\"HostBootDeviceSystem\">bootDeviceSystem-14</bootDeviceSystem><firmwareSystem
+        type=\"HostFirmwareSystem\">firmwareSystem-14</firmwareSystem><healthStatusSystem
+        type=\"HostHealthStatusSystem\">healthStatusSystem-14</healthStatusSystem><pciPassthruSystem
+        type=\"HostPciPassthruSystem\">pciPassthruSystem-14</pciPassthruSystem><kernelModuleSystem
+        type=\"HostKernelModuleSystem\">kernelModuleSystem-14</kernelModuleSystem><authenticationManager
+        type=\"HostAuthenticationManager\">authenticationManager-14</authenticationManager><powerSystem
+        type=\"HostPowerSystem\">powerSystem-14</powerSystem><cacheConfigurationManager
+        type=\"HostCacheConfigurationManager\">cacheConfigManager-14</cacheConfigurationManager><esxAgentHostManager
+        type=\"HostEsxAgentHostManager\">esxAgentHostManager-14</esxAgentHostManager><iscsiManager
+        type=\"IscsiManager\">iscsiManager-14</iscsiManager></val></propSet></objects></returnval></RetrievePropertiesExResponse>\n</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"}
+    headers:
+      Cache-Control: [no-cache]
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['2597']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=utf-8]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:34 GMT']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+- request:
+    body: '<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
+
+      <soapenv:Envelope xmlns:soapenc="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/"
+      xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance"
+      xmlns:soapenv="http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/">
+
+      <soapenv:Body><UpdateDateTime xmlns="urn:vim25"><_this type="HostDateTimeSystem">dateTimeSystem-14</_this><dateTime>2014-08-19T04:29:36.070918-04:00</dateTime></UpdateDateTime></soapenv:Body>
+
+      </soapenv:Envelope>'
+    headers:
+      Accept-Encoding: ['gzip, deflate']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=UTF-8]
+      Cookie: ['vmware_soap_session="52bd6093-90c7-3253-75e3-e43a480ce8cf"; Path=/;
+          HttpOnly; Secure; ']
+      SOAPAction: ['"urn:vim25/5.5"']
+    method: POST
+    uri: https://vcsa:443/sdk
+  response:
+    body: {string: "<?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"UTF-8\"?>\n<soapenv:Envelope
+        xmlns:soapenc=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/encoding/\"\n xmlns:soapenv=\"http://schemas.xmlsoap.org/soap/envelope/\"\n
+        xmlns:xsd=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema\"\n xmlns:xsi=\"http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance\">\n<soapenv:Body>\n<UpdateDateTimeResponse
+        xmlns=\"urn:vim25\"></UpdateDateTimeResponse>\n</soapenv:Body>\n</soapenv:Envelope>"}
+    headers:
+      Cache-Control: [no-cache]
+      Connection: [Keep-Alive]
+      Content-Length: ['394']
+      Content-Type: [text/xml; charset=utf-8]
+      Date: ['Tue, 19 Aug 2014 08:29:35 GMT']
+    status: {code: 200, message: OK}
+version: 1

tests/test_iso8601.py

@@ -14,12 +14,15 @@
 # limitations under the License.
 import atexit
 from datetime import datetime
+from datetime import timedelta
 
 from tests import fixtures_path
 import unittest
 import vcr
 
 from pyVim import connect
+from pyVmomi.Iso8601 import TZManager
+
 
 class Iso8601Tests(unittest.TestCase):
 
@@ -42,3 +45,58 @@ class Iso8601Tests(unittest.TestCase):
         expected_time = datetime(2014, 8, 5, 17, 50, 20, 594958,
                                  boot_time.tzinfo)
         self.assertEqual(expected_time, boot_time)
+
+    def test_iso8601_set_datetime(self):
+
+        # NOTE (hartsock): This test is an example of how to register
+        # a fixture based test to compare the XML document that pyVmomi
+        # is transmitting. We needed to invent a set of tools to effectively
+        # compare logical XML documents to each other. In this case we are
+        # only interested in the 'soapenv:Body' tag and its children.
+
+        now_string = "2014-08-19T04:29:36.070918-04:00"
+        # NOTE (hartsock): the strptime formatter has a bug in python 2.x
+        # http://bugs.python.org/issue6641 so we're building the date time
+        # using the constructor arguments instead of parsing it.
+        now = datetime(2014, 8, 19, 4, 29, 36, 70918,
+                       TZManager.GetTZInfo(
+                           tzname='EDT',
+                           utcOffset=timedelta(hours=-4, minutes=0)))
+
+        def has_tag(doc):
+            if doc is None:
+                return False
+            return '<dateTime>' in doc
+
+        def correct_time_string(doc):
+            return '<dateTime>{0}</dateTime>'.format(now_string) in doc
+
+        def check_date_time_value(r1, r2):
+            for r in [r1, r2]:
+                if has_tag(r.body):
+                    if not correct_time_string(r.body):
+                        return False
+            return True
+
+        my_vcr = vcr.VCR()
+        my_vcr.register_matcher('document', check_date_time_value)
+
+        # NOTE (hartsock): the `match_on` option is altered to use the
+        # look at the XML body sent to the server
+        with my_vcr.use_cassette('iso8601_set_datetime.yaml',
+                                 cassette_library_dir=fixtures_path,
+                                 record_mode='once',
+                                 match_on=['method', 'scheme', 'host', 'port',
+                                           'path', 'query', 'document']):
+
+            si = connect.SmartConnect(host='vcsa',
+                                      user='my_user',
+                                      pwd='my_password')
+            atexit.register(connect.Disconnect, si)
+
+            search_index = si.content.searchIndex
+            uuid = "4c4c4544-0043-4d10-8056-b1c04f4c5331"
+            host = search_index.FindByUuid(None, uuid, False)
+            date_time_system = host.configManager.dateTimeSystem
+            # NOTE (hartsock): sending the date time 'now' to host.
+            date_time_system.UpdateDateTime(now)