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diff --git a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex index 4e65e91..aa7e459 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex @@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ returned. Performs the same function as \code{parsedate()}, but returns either \code{None} or a 10-tuple; the first 9 elements make up a tuple that can be passed directly to \code{time.mktime()}, and the tenth is the -offset of the date's time zone from UTC (which is the official term -for Greenwich Mean Time). +offset of the date's timezone from UTC (which is the official term +for Greenwich Mean Time). (Note that the sign of the timezone offset +is the opposite of the sign of the \code{time.timezone} variable for +the same timezone; the latter variable follows the \POSIX{} standard +while this module follows \rfc{822}.) \end{funcdesc} \begin{funcdesc}{mktime_tz}{tuple} @@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ function may occasionally yield an incorrect result. Retrieve a header using \code{getheader} and parse it into a 10-tuple; the first 9 elements will make a tuple compatible with \code{time.mktime()}, and the 10th is a number giving the offset of -the date's time zone from UTC. Similarly to \code{getdate()}, if +the date's timezone from UTC. Similarly to \code{getdate()}, if there is no header matching \var{name}, or it is unparsable, return \code{None}. \end{funcdesc} |