def compile_datetime(rule):
    """
    Compiler helper method: attempt to compile constant into object representing
    datetime object to enable relations and thus simple comparisons using Python
    operators.
    """
    if isinstance(rule.value, datetime.datetime):
        return rule
    try:
        # Try numeric type
        return DatetimeRule(datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(float(rule.value)))
    except (TypeError, ValueError):
        pass
    # Try RFC3339 timestamp string
    res = TIMESTAMP_RE.match(str(rule.value))
    if res is not None:
        year, month, day, hour, minute, second = (int(n or 0) for n in res.group(*range(1, 7)))
        us_str = (res.group(7) or "0")[:6].ljust(6, "0")
        us_int = int(us_str)
        zonestr = res.group(8)
        zonespl = (0, 0) if zonestr in ['z', 'Z'] else [int(i) for i in zonestr.split(":")]
        zonediff = datetime.timedelta(minutes = zonespl[0]*60+zonespl[1])
        return DatetimeRule(datetime.datetime(year, month, day, hour, minute, second, us_int) - zonediff)
    raise ValueError("Wrong datetime format '{}'".format(rule.value))
Compiler helper method: attempt to compile constant into object representing
    datetime object to enable relations and thus simple comparisons using Python
    operators.