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@@ -1095,6 +1095,12 @@ If a timestamp stored in SQLite has a fractional part longer than 6
numbers, its value will be truncated to microsecond precision by the
timestamp converter.
+.. note::
+
+ The default "timestamp" converter ignores UTC offsets in the database and
+ always returns a naive :class:`datetime.datetime` object. To preserve UTC
+ offsets in timestamps, either leave converters disabled, or register an
+ offset-aware converter with :func:`register_converter`.
.. _sqlite3-controlling-transactions: