From 2f394f6666f75787cb5f0e5ca65df971b2ac0e8e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sandro Tosi Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2011 18:40:21 +0200 Subject: mention RFC1123 as origin of 4-year digit; thanks to John Haxby from docs@ --- Doc/library/time.rst | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/time.rst b/Doc/library/time.rst index 28e994c..7c464ac 100644 --- a/Doc/library/time.rst +++ b/Doc/library/time.rst @@ -553,6 +553,6 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items: 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. The 4-digit year has been mandated by :rfc:`2822`, which obsoletes - :rfc:`822`. + year 2000. After that, :rfc:`822` became obsolete and the 4-digit year has + been first recommended by :rfc:`1123` and then mandated by :rfc:`2822`. -- cgit v0.12