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Diffstat (limited to 'Lib/rfc822.py')
| -rw-r--r-- | Lib/rfc822.py | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/rfc822.py b/Lib/rfc822.py index dc5e714..1ea2f5f 100644 --- a/Lib/rfc822.py +++ b/Lib/rfc822.py @@ -468,6 +468,17 @@ def parsedate(data): return t[:9] else: return t +def mktime_tz(data): + """Turn a 10-tuple as returned by parsedate_tz() into a UTC timestamp. + + Minor glitch: this first interprets the first 8 elements as a + local time and then compensates for the timezone difference; + this may yield a slight error around daylight savings time + switch dates. Not enough to worry about for common use. + + """ + t = time.mktime(data[:8] + (0,)) + return t + data[9] - time.timezone # When used as script, run a small test program. # The first command line argument must be a filename containing one |