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authorBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2007-01-15 19:12:08 (GMT)
committerBrett Cannon <bcannon@gmail.com>2007-01-15 19:12:08 (GMT)
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Add a note for strptime that just because strftime supports some extra
directive that is not documented that strptime will as well.
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@@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ Support for the \code{\%Z} directive is based on the values contained in
it is platform-specific except for recognizing UTC and GMT which are
always known (and are considered to be non-daylight savings
timezones).
+
+Only the directives specified in the documentation are supported. Because
+\code{strftime()} is implemented per platform it can sometimes offer more
+directives than those listed. But \code{strptime()} is independent of any
+platform and thus does not necessarily support all directives available that
+are not documented as supported.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{datadesc}{struct_time}