From b7b2b4eecfb3437f9da065251f1a35bf9c43db20 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Collin Winter <collinw@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 18:09:10 +0000
Subject: Bug #1629566: clarify the docs on the return values of parsedate()
 and parsedate_tz() in email.utils and rfc822.

---
 Doc/lib/emailutil.tex | 4 ++--
 Doc/lib/librfc822.tex | 4 ++--
 Misc/NEWS             | 3 +++
 3 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex b/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
index fe96473..f9fe2d4 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/emailutil.tex
@@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ however, some mailers don't follow that format as specified, so
 \code{"Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:12:08 -0500"}.  If it succeeds in parsing
 the date, \function{parsedate()} returns a 9-tuple that can be passed
 directly to \function{time.mktime()}; otherwise \code{None} will be
-returned.  Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+returned.  Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
 usable.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
@@ -70,7 +70,7 @@ offset is the opposite of the sign of the \code{time.timezone}
 variable for the same timezone; the latter variable follows the
 \POSIX{} standard while this module follows \rfc{2822}.}.  If the input
 string has no timezone, the last element of the tuple returned is
-\code{None}.  Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+\code{None}.  Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
 usable.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
diff --git a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
index 4ca3734..f003075 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
@@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ however, some mailers don't follow that format as specified, so
 \code{'Mon, 20 Nov 1995 19:12:08 -0500'}.  If it succeeds in parsing
 the date, \function{parsedate()} returns a 9-tuple that can be passed
 directly to \function{time.mktime()}; otherwise \code{None} will be
-returned.  Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+returned.  Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
 usable.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
@@ -114,7 +114,7 @@ offset is the opposite of the sign of the \code{time.timezone}
 variable for the same timezone; the latter variable follows the
 \POSIX{} standard while this module follows \rfc{2822}.)  If the input
 string has no timezone, the last element of the tuple returned is
-\code{None}.  Note that fields 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
+\code{None}.  Note that indexes 6, 7, and 8 of the result tuple are not
 usable.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS b/Misc/NEWS
index 635b2c4..d3bb47d 100644
--- a/Misc/NEWS
+++ b/Misc/NEWS
@@ -559,6 +559,9 @@ Tools
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Bug #1629566: clarify the docs on the return values of parsedate()
+  and parsedate_tz() in email.utils and rfc822.
+
 - Patch #1671450: add a section about subclassing builtin types to the
   "extending and embedding" tutorial.
 
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