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diff --git a/Doc/library/locale.rst b/Doc/library/locale.rst index f172a55..426e3a0 100644 --- a/Doc/library/locale.rst +++ b/Doc/library/locale.rst @@ -281,7 +281,8 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: .. data:: ERA - Get a string that represents the era used in the current locale. + Get a string which describes how years are counted and displayed for + each era in a locale. Most locales do not define this value. An example of a locale which does define this value is the Japanese one. In Japan, the traditional @@ -290,9 +291,10 @@ The :mod:`locale` module defines the following exception and functions: Normally it should not be necessary to use this value directly. Specifying the ``E`` modifier in their format strings causes the :func:`time.strftime` - function to use this information. The format of the returned string is not - specified, and therefore you should not assume knowledge of it on different - systems. + function to use this information. + The format of the returned string is specified in *The Open Group Base + Specifications Issue 8*, paragraph `7.3.5.2 LC_TIME C-Language Access + <https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9799919799/basedefs/V1_chap07.html#tag_07_03_05_02>`_. .. data:: ERA_D_T_FMT |