From 0d2e78c275ba060769411291c193242e59cf0208 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: David Wolever Date: Sat, 13 Apr 2013 22:40:11 -0400 Subject: Correct misleading strftime documentation. strftime using locale-aware formatting directives will often, but not awlays, produce UTF-8-encoded Unicode. --- Doc/library/datetime.rst | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst index a60fa38..cf41d43 100644 --- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst +++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst @@ -1730,8 +1730,10 @@ Notes: Because the format depends on the current locale, care should be taken when making assumptions about the output value. Field orderings will vary (for example, "month/day/year" versus "day/month/year"), and the output may - contain UTF-8 encoded unicode characters (for example, the ``ja_JP`` locale - may include Japanese characters). + contain Unicode characters (encoded, by default, using UTF-8, but this may + vary based on the locale; for example, the ``ja_JP`` locale contains UTF-8 + encoded Japanese characters, but ``ja_JP.SJIS`` contains Shift JIS encoded + Japanese characters). (2) When used with the :meth:`strptime` method, the ``%p`` directive only affects -- cgit v0.12