[Tutor] is mxDateTime recommended?

[Kent Johnson]

Lance E Sloan wrote:
> Hello, all.  It's been quite some time since I've sent a message to the 
> Python tutor list.
> 
> I would like to know if mxDateTime is still the recommended module to use 
> for date calculations.  I've been using it for a few years with a set of 
> CGIs I had written.  Should I continue to use that, or is there some other 
> "preferred" module I should use?

Since 2.3 Python includes a datetime module which has some facility for date calculations. I think mxDateTime is more sophisticated but if your needs are simple take a look at datetime.

Kent

> 
> I ask because recently the Webmasters have changed from a Solaris 
> environment to a Linux one.  I recompiled the (very) old version of 
> mxDateTime I have and it works, but through a process of elimination, I 
> found that it is causing a segmentation fault as my program ends.  That is, 
> it does all the date manipulation properly, but as the Python interpreter 
> terminates (due to a sys.exit() call, implicit end of program, or an error) 
> a segmentation fault happens.
> 
> I suspect that I could correct this by building a newer version of 
> mxDateTime, but I just wanted to be sure that's what I should do before I 
> spend the time on it.
> 
> Thanks in advance!
> 
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