BUG: preserve fold in Timestamp.replace

doc/source/whatsnew/v1.2.0.rst

@@ -412,7 +412,7 @@ Timezones
 ^^^^^^^^^
 
 - Bug in :func:`date_range` was raising AmbiguousTimeError for valid input with ``ambiguous=False`` (:issue:`35297`)
--
+- Bug in :meth:`Timestamp.replace` was losing fold information (:issue:`37610`)
 
 
 Numeric

pandas/_libs/tslibs/nattype.pyx

@@ -774,7 +774,7 @@ default 'raise'
         microsecond : int, optional
         nanosecond : int, optional
         tzinfo : tz-convertible, optional
-        fold : int, optional, default is 0
+        fold : int, optional
 
         Returns
         -------

pandas/_libs/tslibs/timestamps.pyx

@@ -1374,7 +1374,7 @@ default 'raise'
         microsecond=None,
         nanosecond=None,
         tzinfo=object,
-        fold=0,
+        fold=None,
     ):
         """
         implements datetime.replace, handles nanoseconds.
@@ -1390,7 +1390,7 @@ default 'raise'
         microsecond : int, optional
         nanosecond : int, optional
         tzinfo : tz-convertible, optional
-        fold : int, optional, default is 0
+        fold : int, optional
 
         Returns
         -------
@@ -1407,6 +1407,11 @@ default 'raise'
         # set to naive if needed
         tzobj = self.tzinfo
         value = self.value
+
+        # GH 37610. Preserve fold when replacing.
+        if fold is None:
+            fold = self.fold
+
         if tzobj is not None:
             value = tz_convert_from_utc_single(value, tzobj)
 

pandas/tests/indexes/datetimes/test_timezones.py

@@ -1190,3 +1190,13 @@ def test_tz_localize_invalidates_freq():
     dti2 = dti[:1]
     result = dti2.tz_localize("US/Eastern")
     assert result.freq == "H"
+
+
+def test_replace_preserves_fold():
+    # GH 37610. Check that replace preserves Timestamp fold property
+    tz = gettz("Europe/Moscow")
+
+    result = Timestamp(1256427000000000000, tz=tz, unit="ns").replace(tzinfo=tz).fold
+    expected = 1
+
+    assert result == expected