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authorSenthil Kumaran <senthil@uthcode.com>2016-01-03 08:40:03 (GMT)
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Issue21221 - Explain the usage of tm_isdst attribute of mktime, with valid
values and meaning. Patch contributed by Andrew Scheller.
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@@ -550,9 +550,11 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items:
+-------+-------------------+---------------------------------+
Note that unlike the C structure, the month value is a range of [1, 12], not
- [0, 11]. A ``-1`` argument as the daylight
- savings flag, passed to :func:`mktime` will usually result in the correct
- daylight savings state to be filled in.
+ [0, 11].
+
+ In calls to :func:`mktime`, :attr:`tm_isdst` may be set to 1 when daylight
+ savings time is in effect, and 0 when it is not. A value of -1 indicates that
+ this is not known, and will usually result in the correct state being filled in.
When a tuple with an incorrect length is passed to a function expecting a
:class:`struct_time`, or having elements of the wrong type, a