On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Joshua Hoblitt wrote: > 'DateTime' Object > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/module-datetime.html
No leap seconds. Years 1 - 9999 only! (why?!). microsecond resolution. > Gregorian Calendar from Calendrical Calculations that requires 'DateTime' > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/module-calendar.html Sort of Gregorian, also a grab bag of random stuff, like monthcalendar, which returns a matrix representing a month's calendar. Actually, that latter bit is kind of neat. Wonder if we need it. > 'Duration' Object > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/datetime-timedelta.html No support for months in durations. lame. > 'TimeZone' Object (complete with the EST timezone) > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/datetime-tzinfo.html Bleah. This is just an interface. There's no implementation included, though last I looked somebody had implemented something that did the _most recent_ rules, ignoring all historical changes. > 'Incomplete' Date/Time Object > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/datetime-date.html Sort of. > 'Strftime' > http://www.python.org/doc/2.3/lib/node208.html They suck, we rule. -dave /*======================= House Absolute Consulting www.houseabsolute.com =======================*/
