summaryrefslogtreecommitdiffstats
path: root/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
diff options
context:
space:
mode:
authorFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1996-12-13 22:09:52 (GMT)
committerFred Drake <fdrake@acm.org>1996-12-13 22:09:52 (GMT)
commit094579e6775891ca0374af5a8ec1f8b8e93157c6 (patch)
tree034c2198b052acc9bf980c7da3b7a61057c53b68 /Doc/lib/libtime.tex
parent4b3f0312c9358a3a05b75aaab72aeee1ac869101 (diff)
downloadcpython-094579e6775891ca0374af5a8ec1f8b8e93157c6.zip
cpython-094579e6775891ca0374af5a8ec1f8b8e93157c6.tar.gz
cpython-094579e6775891ca0374af5a8ec1f8b8e93157c6.tar.bz2
(libtime.tex): Merged in changes from Tamito Kajiyama.
(For those watching Python CVS messages: I checked in all of Tamito's other changes, but the mail delivery failed since the subject line was too long. The patch Tamito sent for the documentation has been completely merged in.)
Diffstat (limited to 'Doc/lib/libtime.tex')
-rw-r--r--Doc/lib/libtime.tex93
1 files changed, 45 insertions, 48 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
index bc83f03..7ee886d 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
@@ -10,7 +10,7 @@ An explanation of some terminology and conventions is in order.
\item
The ``epoch'' is the point where the time starts. On January 1st of that
-year, at 0 hours, the ``time since the epoch'' is zero. For UNIX, the
+year, at 0 hours, the ``time since the epoch'' is zero. For \UNIX{}, the
epoch is 1970. To find out what the epoch is, look at \code{gmtime(0)}.
\item
@@ -29,15 +29,15 @@ in this respect.
\item
The precision of the various real-time functions may be less than
suggested by the units in which their value or argument is expressed.
-E.g.\ on most UNIX systems, the clock ``ticks'' only 50 or 100 times a
+E.g.\ on most \UNIX{} systems, the clock ``ticks'' only 50 or 100 times a
second, and on the Mac, times are only accurate to whole seconds.
\item
On the other hand, the precision of \code{time()} and \code{sleep()}
-is better than their UNIX equivalents: times are expressed as floating
+is better than their \UNIX{} equivalents: times are expressed as floating
point numbers, \code{time()} returns the most accurate time available
-(using UNIX \code{gettimeofday()} where available), and \code{sleep()}
-will accept a time with a nonzero fraction (UNIX \code{select()} is
+(using \UNIX{} \code{gettimeofday()} where available), and \code{sleep()}
+will accept a time with a nonzero fraction (\UNIX{} \code{select()} is
used to implement this, where available).
\item
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ to 1 when DST applies to the given time.
This is the inverse function of \code{localtime}. Its argument is the
full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed --- pass -1 as the dst flag if
it is unknown) which expresses the time
-in \em{local} time, not UTC. It returns a floating
+in \emph{local} time, not UTC. It returns a floating
point number, for compatibility with \code{time.time()}. If the input
value can't be represented as a valid time, OverflowError is raised.
\end{funcdesc}
@@ -120,48 +120,45 @@ be a floating point number to indicate a more precise sleep time.
Convert a tuple representing a time as returned by \code{gmtime()} or
\code{localtime()} to a string as specified by the format argument.
- The following directives, shown without the optional field width and
- precision specification, are replaced by the indicated characters:
-
-\begin{tabular}{lp{25em}}
- \%a & Locale's abbreviated weekday name. \\
- \%A & Locale's full weekday name. \\
- \%b & Locale's abbreviated month name. \\
- \%B & Locale's full month name. \\
- \%c & Locale's appropriate date and time representation. \\
- \%d & Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31]. \\
- \%H & Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23]. \\
- \%I & Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12]. \\
- \%j & Day of the year as a decimal number [001,366]. \\
- \%m & Month as a decimal number [01,12]. \\
- \%M & Minute as a decimal number [00,59]. \\
- \%p & Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM. \\
- \%S & Second as a decimal number [00,61]. \\
- \%U & Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the
- week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new
- year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in
- week 0. \\
- \%w & Weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6]. \\
- \%W & Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the
- week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new
- year preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in
- week 0. \\
- \%x & Locale's appropriate date representation. \\
- \%X & Locale's appropriate time representation. \\
- \%y & Year without century as a decimal number [00,99]. \\
- \%Y & Year with century as a decimal number. \\
- \%Z & Time zone name (or by no characters if no time zone
- exists). \\
- \%\% & \% \\
-\end{tabular}
-
- Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but
- only the ones listed here have a meaning standardized by ANSI C.
-
- On some platforms, an optional field width and precision
- specification can immediately follow the initial \% of a
- directive in the following order; this is also not portable.
- The field width is normally 2 except for \%j where it is 3.
+The following directives, shown without the optional field width and
+precision specification, are replaced by the indicated characters:
+
+\begin{tableii}{|c|p{24em}|}{code}{Directive}{Meaning}
+\lineii{\%a}{Locale's abbreviated weekday name.}
+\lineii{\%A}{Locale's full weekday name.}
+\lineii{\%b}{Locale's abbreviated month name.}
+\lineii{\%B}{Locale's full month name.}
+\lineii{\%c}{Locale's appropriate date and time representation.}
+\lineii{\%d}{Day of the month as a decimal number [01,31].}
+\lineii{\%H}{Hour (24-hour clock) as a decimal number [00,23].}
+\lineii{\%I}{Hour (12-hour clock) as a decimal number [01,12].}
+\lineii{\%j}{Day of the year as a decimal number [001,366].}
+\lineii{\%m}{Month as a decimal number [01,12].}
+\lineii{\%M}{Minute as a decimal number [00,59].}
+\lineii{\%p}{Locale's equivalent of either AM or PM.}
+\lineii{\%S}{Second as a decimal number [00,61].}
+\lineii{\%U}{Week number of the year (Sunday as the first day of the
+ week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year
+ preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.}
+\lineii{\%w}{Weekday as a decimal number [0(Sunday),6].}
+\lineii{\%W}{Week number of the year (Monday as the first day of the
+ week) as a decimal number [00,53]. All days in a new year
+ preceding the first Sunday are considered to be in week 0.}
+\lineii{\%x}{Locale's appropriate date representation.}
+\lineii{\%X}{Locale's appropriate time representation.}
+\lineii{\%y}{Year without century as a decimal number [00,99].}
+\lineii{\%Y}{Year with century as a decimal number.}
+\lineii{\%Z}{Time zone name (or by no characters if no time zone exists).}
+\lineii{\%\%}{\%}
+\end{tableii}
+
+Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but
+only the ones listed here have a meaning standardized by ANSI C.
+
+On some platforms, an optional field width and precision
+specification can immediately follow the initial \% of a
+directive in the following order; this is also not portable.
+The field width is normally 2 except for \%j where it is 3.
\end{funcdesc}