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authorGeorg Brandl <georg@python.org>2013-10-13 16:28:25 (GMT)
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Refer to strftime(3) manpage for platform specific format codes.
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The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms, because Python
calls the platform C library's :func:`strftime` function, and platform
-variations are common.
+variations are common. To see the full set of format codes supported on your
+platform, consult the :manpage:`strftime(3)` documentation.
The following is a list of all the format codes that the C standard (1989
version) requires, and these work on all platforms with a standard C