On Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 12:25:34AM +0200, Antonios Christofides wrote: > David Wheeler wrote: > > > It also means that users have to memorize all of the arcane strftime > > formatting characters. I don't know them all, and I use stftime all > > the time. > > This is because strftime's format specifiers suck. And since the module > is brand new with a brand new interface, aiming to get rid of old sucky > things, why don't we get rid of strftime?
Believe it or not there are some people in the world that *like* strftime() :-) I don't see why we can't have a strftime() formatter. People are used to it and there are gobs of code that use it. Besides, if we come up with a like-strftime-but-better formatter and start using it, eventually people will see its merits and choose it over the strftime formatter. -Scott -- Jonathan Scott Duff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
