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| author | David Wolever <david@wolever.net> | 2013-08-14 18:33:54 (GMT) |
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| committer | David Wolever <david@wolever.net> | 2013-08-14 18:33:54 (GMT) |
| commit | a80d3a09fd10ab27795b15d052d05e5dc50d42bc (patch) | |
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Issue #18718: datetime documentation contradictory on leap second support
| -rw-r--r-- | Doc/library/datetime.rst | 10 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | Misc/NEWS | 3 |
2 files changed, 6 insertions, 7 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst index be41e12..4e922f0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst +++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst @@ -1664,7 +1664,7 @@ platforms. Regardless of platform, years before 1900 cannot be used. | ``%M`` | Minute as a zero-padded | 00, 01, ..., 59 | | | | decimal number. | | | +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+ -| ``%S`` | Second as a zero-padded | 00, 01, ..., 61 | \(3) | +| ``%S`` | Second as a zero-padded | 00, 01, ..., 59 | \(3) | | | decimal number. | | | +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+ | ``%f`` | Microsecond as a decimal | 000000, 000001, ..., | \(4) | @@ -1728,12 +1728,8 @@ Notes: the output hour field if the ``%I`` directive is used to parse the hour. (3) - The range really is ``0`` to ``61``; according to the Posix standard this - accounts for leap seconds and the (very rare) double leap seconds. - The :mod:`time` module may produce and does accept leap seconds since - it is based on the Posix standard, but the :mod:`datetime` module - does not accept leap seconds in :meth:`strptime` input nor will it - produce them in :func:`strftime` output. + Unlike the :mod:`time` module, the :mod:`datetime` module does not support + leap seconds. (4) ``%f`` is an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard @@ -166,7 +166,10 @@ Tests Documentation ------------- +- Issue #18718: datetime documentation contradictory on leap second support. + - Issue #17701: Improving strftime documentation. + - Issue #17844: Refactor a documentation of Python specific encodings. Add links to encoders and decoders for binary-to-binary codecs. |