[Python-Dev] proposal: add basic time type to the standard library

[Jim Fulton]

Fredrik Lundh wrote:
> 
> jim wrote:
> 
> > BTW, has there been any progress on this?
> 
> the current pepoid proposal is here:
> 
>     http://effbot.org/ideas/time-type.htm
> 
> major issues right now is 1. should the type know about
> timezones (probably not),

:(

-1

Doesn't the proposal sort of imply time-zone
awareness of some kind? Or does it simply imply
UT storage?

> and 2. should it support basic
> arithmetics (probably yes).

Does this imply leap second hell, or will we 
simply be vague about expectations?

I'd also like to see simple access methods for year, 
month, day, hours, minutes, and seconds, with date parts
being one based and time parts being zero based.

Jim

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