From 8cf94e608ee430fe82dd4a48f52392cb56e8bd7f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 1998 05:09:14 +0000
Subject: Add mktime_tz().  Add () to a function reference in parsedate_tz().

---
 Doc/lib/librfc822.tex | 10 +++++++++-
 Doc/librfc822.tex     | 10 +++++++++-
 2 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
index 1374755..4e65e91 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/librfc822.tex
@@ -40,13 +40,21 @@ returned.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{parsedate_tz}{date}
-Performs the same function as \code{parsedate}, but returns either
+Performs the same function as \code{parsedate()}, but returns either
 \code{None} or a 10-tuple; the first 9 elements make up a tuple that
 can be passed directly to \code{time.mktime()}, and the tenth is the
 offset of the date's time zone from UTC (which is the official term
 for Greenwich Mean Time).
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{mktime_tz}{tuple}
+Turn a 10-tuple as returned by \code{parsedate_tz()} into a UTC timestamp.
+Minor deficiency: 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.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \subsection{Message Objects}
 
 A \code{Message} instance has the following methods:
diff --git a/Doc/librfc822.tex b/Doc/librfc822.tex
index 1374755..4e65e91 100644
--- a/Doc/librfc822.tex
+++ b/Doc/librfc822.tex
@@ -40,13 +40,21 @@ returned.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{parsedate_tz}{date}
-Performs the same function as \code{parsedate}, but returns either
+Performs the same function as \code{parsedate()}, but returns either
 \code{None} or a 10-tuple; the first 9 elements make up a tuple that
 can be passed directly to \code{time.mktime()}, and the tenth is the
 offset of the date's time zone from UTC (which is the official term
 for Greenwich Mean Time).
 \end{funcdesc}
 
+\begin{funcdesc}{mktime_tz}{tuple}
+Turn a 10-tuple as returned by \code{parsedate_tz()} into a UTC timestamp.
+Minor deficiency: 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.
+\end{funcdesc}
+
 \subsection{Message Objects}
 
 A \code{Message} instance has the following methods:
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