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Make the 'time' argument to the timemodule functions strftime, asctime,

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ctime, gmtime and localtime optional, defaulting to 'the current time' in
all cases. Adjust docs, add news item. Also convert all argument-handling to
METH_VARARGS. Closes SF patch #103265.
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Thomas Wouters 2001-01-19 23:16:56 +00:00
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@ -116,11 +116,12 @@ is defined. This is negative if the local DST timezone is east of UTC
\code{daylight} is nonzero.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{asctime}{tuple}
\begin{funcdesc}{asctime}{\optional{tuple}}
Convert a tuple representing a time as returned by \function{gmtime()}
or \function{localtime()} to a 24-character string of the following form:
\code{'Sun Jun 20 23:21:05 1993'}. Note: unlike the C function of
the same name, there is no trailing newline.
\code{'Sun Jun 20 23:21:05 1993'}. If \var{tuple} is not provided, the
current time as returned by \function{localtime()} is used. Note: unlike
the C function of the same name, there is no trailing newline.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{clock}{}
@ -131,23 +132,26 @@ of the same name, but in any case, this is the function to use for
benchmarking\index{benchmarking} Python or timing algorithms.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{ctime}{secs}
\begin{funcdesc}{ctime}{\optional{secs}}
Convert a time expressed in seconds since the epoch to a string
representing local time. \code{ctime(\var{secs})} is equivalent to
\code{asctime(localtime(\var{secs}))}.
representing local time. If \var{secs} is not provided, the current time
as returned by \function{time()} is used. \code{ctime(\var{secs})}
is equivalent to \code{asctime(localtime(\var{secs}))}.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{datadesc}{daylight}
Nonzero if a DST timezone is defined.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{gmtime}{secs}
\begin{funcdesc}{gmtime}{\optional{secs}}
Convert a time expressed in seconds since the epoch to a time tuple
in UTC in which the dst flag is always zero. Fractions of a second are
ignored. See above for a description of the tuple lay-out.
in UTC in which the dst flag is always zero. If \var{secs} is not
provided, the current time as returned by \function{time()} is used.
Fractions of a second are ignored. See above for a description of the
tuple lay-out.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{localtime}{secs}
\begin{funcdesc}{localtime}{\optional{secs}}
Like \function{gmtime()} but converts to local time. The dst flag is
set to \code{1} when DST applies to the given time.
\end{funcdesc}
@ -171,10 +175,11 @@ time may be longer than requested by an arbitrary amount because of
the scheduling of other activity in the system.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{strftime}{format, tuple}
\begin{funcdesc}{strftime}{format\optional{, tuple}}
Convert a tuple representing a time as returned by \function{gmtime()}
or \function{localtime()} to a string as specified by the \var{format}
argument. \var{format} must be a string.
argument. If \var{tuple} is not provided, the current time as returned by
\function{localtime()} is used. \var{format} must be a string.
The following directives can be embedded in the \var{format} string.
They are shown without the optional field width and precision