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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex index 68166d2..8ff36ed 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex @@ -224,6 +224,22 @@ Notes: seconds and the (very rare) double leap seconds. \end{description} +Here is an example, a format for dates compatible with that specified +in the \rfc{822} Internet email standard. + \footnote{The use of \%Z is now + deprecated, but the \%z escape that expands to the preferred + hour/minute offset is not supported by all ANSI C libraries. Also, + a strict reading of the original 1982 \rfc{822} standard calls for + a two-digit year (\%y rather than \%Y), but practice moved to + 4-digit years long before the year 2000.} + +\begin{verbatim} +>>> from time import * +>>> strftime("\%a, \%d \%b \%Y \%H:\%M:\%S \%Z", localtime()) +'Sat, 27 Jan 2001 05:15:05 EST' +>>> +\end{verbatim} + Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but only the ones listed here have a meaning standardized by ANSI C. |