[ python-Bugs-997368 ] strftime() backwards incompatibility

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Bugs item #997368, was opened at 2004-07-24 23:59
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.4
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Jp Calderone (kuran)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: strftime() backwards incompatibility

Initial Comment:

  time.strftime() in 2.4a0 places more restrictions on
its inputs than does the version in 2.3.x.  Revision
2.140 seems to be where this was introduced.

    I believe it is a common use of strftime() to fill
out only some fields of the time tuple.  Requiring the
day of year and day of week is particularly burdensome.

    Here is an example that triggers the changed behavior:

    import time
    now = time.gmtime()
    now = now[:-3] + (0, 0, 0)
    print time.strftime("", now) 


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