[Python-checkins] CVS: python/dist/src/Doc/lib libtime.tex,1.35,1.36

[Eric S. Raymond]

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory usw-pr-cvs1:/tmp/cvs-serv26399

Modified Files:
	libtime.tex 
Log Message:
Instructive example for strftime(); how to generate RFC822 dates.


Index: libtime.tex
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  \end{description}
  
+ Here is an example, a format for dates compatible with that specified 
+ in the \rfc{822} Internet email standard.
+ 	\footnote{The use of \%Z is now
+ 	deprecated, but the \%z escape that expands to the preferred 
+ 	hour/minute offset is not supported by all ANSI C libraries. Also,
+ 	a strict reading of the original 1982 \rfc{822} standard calls for
+ 	a two-digit year (\%y rather than \%Y), but practice moved to
+ 	4-digit years long before the year 2000.}
+ 
+ \begin{verbatim}
+ >>> from time import *
+ >>> strftime("\%a, \%d \%b \%Y \%H:\%M:\%S \%Z", localtime())
+ 'Sat, 27 Jan 2001 05:15:05 EST'
+ >>>
+ \end{verbatim}
+ 
  Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but
  only the ones listed here have a meaning standardized by ANSI C.