From 06df320f5d44482ef3cd3a4dccc81aa8c882e41c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oittaa <8972248+oittaa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:33:11 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 1/2] Use blob.time_created

https://googleapis.dev/python/storage/latest/blobs.html#google.cloud.storage.blob.Blob.time_created
---
 django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py | 6 +-----
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py b/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py
index c2cba36..6a42934 100644
--- a/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py
+++ b/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py
@@ -185,11 +185,7 @@ def created_time(self, name):
 
         blob = self.bucket.get_blob(name)
 
-        # google.cloud doesn't provide a public method for this
-        value = blob._properties.get("timeCreated", None)
-        if value is not None:
-            naive = datetime.datetime.strptime(value, gcloud_helpers._RFC3339_MICROS)
-            return naive.replace(tzinfo=gcloud_helpers.UTC)
+        return blob.time_created if blob else None
 
     def delete(self, name):
         name = safe_join(self.bucket_subdir, name)

From 64942b02ca77c373873897c77db3d6e88f75efb1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: oittaa <8972248+oittaa@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2022 08:42:04 +0100
Subject: [PATCH 2/2] gcloud_helpers isn't needed anymore

---
 django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py b/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py
index 6a42934..2bfc7f9 100644
--- a/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py
+++ b/django_gcloud_storage/__init__.py
@@ -15,7 +15,6 @@
 from django.core.files.storage import Storage
 from django.utils.deconstruct import deconstructible
 from django.utils.encoding import force_str, smart_str
-from google.cloud import _helpers as gcloud_helpers
 from google.cloud import storage
 from google.cloud.exceptions import NotFound
 from google.cloud.storage.bucket import Bucket