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authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2003-12-30 20:36:20 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>2003-12-30 20:36:20 (GMT)
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@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ naive or aware. \var{d} is aware if \code{\var{d}.tzinfo} is not
is naive.
The distinction between naive and aware doesn't apply to
-\code{timedelta} objects.
+\class{timedelta} objects.
Subclass relationships:
@@ -124,11 +124,11 @@ object
A \class{timedelta} object represents a duration, the difference
between two dates or times.
-\begin{classdesc}{timedelta}{days=0, seconds=0, microseconds=0,
- milliseconds=0, minutes=0, hours=0, weeks=0}
-
- All arguments are optional. Arguments may be ints, longs, or floats,
- and may be positive or negative.
+\begin{classdesc}{timedelta}{\optional{days\optional{, seconds\optional{,
+ microseconds\optional{, milliseconds\optional{,
+ minutes\optional{, hours\optional{, weeks}}}}}}}}
+ All arguments are optional and default to \code{0}. Arguments may
+ be ints, longs, or floats, and may be positive or negative.
Only \var{days}, \var{seconds} and \var{microseconds} are stored
internally. Arguments are converted to those units:
@@ -209,8 +209,8 @@ Supported operations:
(1)}
\lineii{\var{t1} = \var{t2} - \var{t3}}
{Difference of \var{t2} and \var{t3}.
- Afterwards \var{t1} == \var{t2} - \var{t3} and \var{t2} == \var{t1} + \var{t3} are
- true.
+ Afterwards \var{t1} == \var{t2} - \var{t3} and
+ \var{t2} == \var{t1} + \var{t3} are true.
(1)}
\lineii{\var{t1} = \var{t2} * \var{i} or \var{t1} = \var{i} * \var{t2}}
{Delta multiplied by an integer or long.
@@ -352,7 +352,6 @@ Instance attributes (read-only):
Supported operations:
-% XXX rewrite to be a table
\begin{tableii}{c|l}{code}{Operation}{Result}
\lineii{\var{date2} = \var{date1} + \var{timedelta}}
{\var{date2} is \code{\var{timedelta}.days} days removed from
@@ -366,7 +365,7 @@ Supported operations:
\lineii{\var{timedelta} = \var{date1} - \var{date2}}
{(3)}
- \lineii{\var{date1}<\var{date2}}
+ \lineii{\var{date1} < \var{date2}}
{\var{date1} is considered less than \var{date2} when \var{date1}
precedes \var{date2} in time. (4)}
@@ -520,9 +519,10 @@ day.
Constructor:
-\begin{classdesc}{datetime}{year, month, day,
- hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0,
- tzinfo=None}
+\begin{classdesc}{datetime}{year, month, day\optional{,
+ hour\optional{, minute\optional{,
+ second\optional{, microsecond\optional{,
+ tzinfo}}}}}}
The year, month and day arguments are required. \var{tzinfo} may
be \code{None}, or an instance of a \class{tzinfo} subclass. The
remaining arguments may be ints or longs, in the following ranges:
@@ -550,7 +550,7 @@ Other constructors, all class methods:
See also \method{now()}, \method{fromtimestamp()}.
\end{methoddesc}
-\begin{methoddesc}{now(tz=None)}{}
+\begin{methoddesc}{now}{\optional{tz}}
Return the current local date and time. If optional argument
\var{tz} is \code{None} or not specified, this is like
\method{today()}, but, if possible, supplies more precision than can
@@ -572,7 +572,7 @@ Other constructors, all class methods:
See also \method{now()}.
\end{methoddesc}
-\begin{methoddesc}{fromtimestamp}{timestamp, tz=None}
+\begin{methoddesc}{fromtimestamp}{timestamp\optional{, tz}}
Return the local date and time corresponding to the \POSIX{}
timestamp, such as is returned by \function{time.time()}.
If optional argument \var{tz} is \code{None} or not specified, the
@@ -780,8 +780,10 @@ Instance methods:
and tzinfo members. See also method \method{time()}.
\end{methoddesc}
-\begin{methoddesc}{replace}{year=, month=, day=, hour=, minute=, second=,
- microsecond=, tzinfo=}
+\begin{methoddesc}{replace}{\optional{year\optional{, month\optional{,
+ day\optional{, hour\optional{, minute\optional{,
+ second\optional{, microsecond\optional{,
+ tzinfo}}}}}}}}}
Return a datetime with the same members, except for those members given
new values by whichever keyword arguments are specified. Note that
\code{tzinfo=None} can be specified to create a naive datetime from
@@ -911,7 +913,7 @@ Instance methods:
same as \code{self.date().isocalendar()}.
\end{methoddesc}
-\begin{methoddesc}{isoformat}{sep='T'}
+\begin{methoddesc}{isoformat}{\optional{sep}}
Return a string representing the date and time in ISO 8601 format,
YYYY-MM-DDTHH:MM:SS.mmmmmm
or, if \member{microsecond} is 0,
@@ -967,8 +969,8 @@ Instance methods:
A time object represents a (local) time of day, independent of any
particular day, and subject to adjustment via a \class{tzinfo} object.
-\begin{classdesc}{time}{hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0,
- tzinfo=None}
+\begin{classdesc}{time}{hour\optional{, minute\optional{, second\optional{,
+ microsecond\optional{, tzinfo}}}}}
All arguments are optional. \var{tzinfo} may be \code{None}, or
an instance of a \class{tzinfo} subclass. The remaining arguments
may be ints or longs, in the following ranges:
@@ -981,7 +983,8 @@ particular day, and subject to adjustment via a \class{tzinfo} object.
\end{itemize}
If an argument outside those ranges is given,
- \exception{ValueError} is raised.
+ \exception{ValueError} is raised. All default to \code{0} except
+ \var{tzinfo}, which defaults to \constant{None}.
\end{classdesc}
Class attributes:
@@ -1057,7 +1060,9 @@ Supported operations:
Instance methods:
-\begin{methoddesc}{replace}(hour=, minute=, second=, microsecond=, tzinfo=)
+\begin{methoddesc}{replace}{\optional{hour\optional{, minute\optional{,
+ second\optional{, microsecond\optional{,
+ tzinfo}}}}}}
Return a \class{time} with the same value, except for those members given
new values by whichever keyword arguments are specified. Note that
\code{tzinfo=None} can be specified to create a naive \class{time} from
@@ -1183,7 +1188,7 @@ implement all of them.
\code{\var{tz}.utcoffset(\var{dt}) - \var{tz}.dst(\var{dt})}
must return the same result for every \class{datetime} \var{dt}
- with \code{\var{dt}.tzinfo==\var{tz}} For sane \class{tzinfo}
+ with \code{\var{dt}.tzinfo == \var{tz}} For sane \class{tzinfo}
subclasses, this expression yields the time zone's "standard offset",
which should not depend on the date or the time, but only on geographic
location. The implementation of \method{datetime.astimezone()} relies
@@ -1197,18 +1202,23 @@ implement all of them.
of these two:
\begin{verbatim}
- return timedelta(0) # a fixed-offset class: doesn't account for DST
+ def dst(self):
+ # a fixed-offset class: doesn't account for DST
+ return timedelta(0)
+\end{verbatim}
or
- # Code to set dston and dstoff to the time zone's DST transition
- # times based on the input dt.year, and expressed in standard local
- # time. Then
-
- if dston <= dt.replace(tzinfo=None) < dstoff:
- return timedelta(hours=1)
- else:
- return timedelta(0)
+\begin{verbatim}
+ def dst(self):
+ # Code to set dston and dstoff to the time zone's DST
+ # transition times based on the input dt.year, and expressed
+ # in standard local time. Then
+
+ if dston <= dt.replace(tzinfo=None) < dstoff:
+ return timedelta(hours=1)
+ else:
+ return timedelta(0)
\end{verbatim}
The default implementation of \method{dst()} raises
@@ -1321,7 +1331,7 @@ April, and ends the minute after 1:59 (EDT) on the last Sunday in October:
When DST starts (the "start" line), the local wall clock leaps from 1:59
to 3:00. A wall time of the form 2:MM doesn't really make sense on that
day, so \code{astimezone(Eastern)} won't deliver a result with
-\code{hour==2} on the
+\code{hour == 2} on the
day DST begins. In order for \method{astimezone()} to make this
guarantee, the \method{rzinfo.dst()} method must consider times
in the "missing hour" (2:MM for Eastern) to be in daylight time.
@@ -1398,4 +1408,3 @@ C standard added additional format codes.
The exact range of years for which \method{strftime()} works also
varies across platforms. Regardless of platform, years before 1900
cannot be used.
-