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diff --git a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst index b909ccd..93930b8 100644 --- a/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst +++ b/Doc/whatsnew/2.3.rst @@ -1683,13 +1683,13 @@ Date and time types suitable for expressing timestamps were added as the fancy features, and just stick to the basics of representing time. The three primary types are: :class:`date`, representing a day, month, and year; -:class:`time`, consisting of hour, minute, and second; and :class:`datetime`, -which contains all the attributes of both :class:`date` and :class:`time`. +:class:`~datetime.time`, consisting of hour, minute, and second; and :class:`~datetime.datetime`, +which contains all the attributes of both :class:`date` and :class:`~datetime.time`. There's also a :class:`timedelta` class representing differences between two points in time, and time zone logic is implemented by classes inheriting from the abstract :class:`tzinfo` class. -You can create instances of :class:`date` and :class:`time` by either supplying +You can create instances of :class:`date` and :class:`~datetime.time` by either supplying keyword arguments to the appropriate constructor, e.g. ``datetime.date(year=1972, month=10, day=15)``, or by using one of a number of class methods. For example, the :meth:`date.today` class method returns the @@ -1708,7 +1708,7 @@ number of methods for producing formatted strings from objects:: '2002 30 Dec' The :meth:`replace` method allows modifying one or more fields of a -:class:`date` or :class:`datetime` instance, returning a new instance:: +:class:`date` or :class:`~datetime.datetime` instance, returning a new instance:: >>> d = datetime.datetime.now() >>> d @@ -1718,11 +1718,11 @@ The :meth:`replace` method allows modifying one or more fields of a >>> Instances can be compared, hashed, and converted to strings (the result is the -same as that of :meth:`isoformat`). :class:`date` and :class:`datetime` +same as that of :meth:`isoformat`). :class:`date` and :class:`~datetime.datetime` instances can be subtracted from each other, and added to :class:`timedelta` instances. The largest missing feature is that there's no standard library support for parsing strings and getting back a :class:`date` or -:class:`datetime`. +:class:`~datetime.datetime`. For more information, refer to the module's reference documentation. (Contributed by Tim Peters.) |