Improving datetime

[Nicholas F. Fabry]

This is a query for information as to how to proceed.  I am not a  
professional programmer, but I use Python a great deal to help me in  
my main job, which involves designing schedules for a global airline.   
As such, I use datetime (and dateutil) extensively, and after much  
use, I have come to some conclusions about their utility, and how to  
improve them.  Some of these changes are quite minor and would result  
in a large increase in utility (low hanging fruit), while some changes  
are major, and would result in less obvious benefits - but these  
changes would increase the 'Python Zen' of them.

So - where should I propose these changes?  Here?  python-dev?  Should  
I write up a full PEP or should I just give a more informal outline  
with code samples?  I would volunteer to help maintain/improve  
datetime, but I don't speak C at all, unfortunately, and datetime  
appears to be in C.

In addition, I have little contact with the Python community - I work  
somewhat 'solo' when it comes to my programming projects.  So, are  
there other people out there who use datetime?  Dateutil?  What do you  
find the deficits/benefits of these modules to be?

Thank you for your thoughts....

Nick Fabry