From f29ca18df3d4408d54989a34b91db426509ffda5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Fred Drake Date: Fri, 29 Jun 2001 15:39:53 +0000 Subject: SourceForge bug #437041: Use a portable format in the example that creates a timestamp suitable for use in email, also updating it and the footnote from RFC 822 to RFC 2822. --- Doc/lib/libtime.tex | 16 ++++++++-------- 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex index d5e170b..30cae45 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex @@ -230,19 +230,19 @@ Notes: \end{description} Here is an example, a format for dates compatible with that specified -in the \rfc{822} Internet email standard. - \footnote{The use of \%Z is now - deprecated, but the \%z escape that expands to the preferred +in the \rfc{2822} Internet email standard. + \footnote{The use of \code{\%Z} is now + deprecated, but the \code{\%z} escape that expands to the 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.} + 4-digit years long before the year 2000. The 4-digit year has + been mandated by \rfc{2822}, which obsoletes \rfc{822}.} \begin{verbatim} ->>> from time import * ->>> strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z", localtime()) -'Sat, 27 Jan 2001 05:15:05 EST' ->>> +>>> from time import gmtime, strftime +>>> strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", gmtime()) +'Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:17:15 +0000' \end{verbatim} Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but -- cgit v0.12