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diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst index c37ceb9..e25d042 100644 --- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst +++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst @@ -1494,10 +1494,6 @@ For :class:`date` objects, the format codes for hours, minutes, seconds, and microseconds should not be used, as :class:`date` objects have no such values. If they're used anyway, ``0`` is substituted for them. -:class:`time` and :class:`datetime` objects support a ``%f`` format code -which expands to the number of microseconds in the object, zero-padded on -the left to six places. - For a naive object, the ``%z`` and ``%Z`` format codes are replaced by empty strings. @@ -1616,7 +1612,9 @@ Notes: (1) When used with the :func:`strptime` function, the ``%f`` directive accepts from one to six digits and zero pads on the right. ``%f`` is - an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard. + an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard (but + implemented separately in datetime objects, and therefore always + available). (2) When used with the :func:`strptime` function, the ``%p`` directive only affects |