microseconds should not be used, as :class:`date` objects have no such
values. If they're used anyway, ``0`` is substituted for them.
-:class:`time` and :class:`datetime` objects support a ``%f`` format code
-which expands to the number of microseconds in the object, zero-padded on
-the left to six places.
-
.. versionadded:: 2.6
+ :class:`time` and :class:`datetime` objects support a ``%f`` format code
+ which expands to the number of microseconds in the object, zero-padded on
+ the left to six places.
For a naive object, the ``%z`` and ``%Z`` format codes are replaced by empty
strings.
(1)
When used with the :func:`strptime` function, the ``%f`` directive
accepts from one to six digits and zero pads on the right. ``%f`` is
- an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard.
+ an extension to the set of format characters in the C standard (but
+ implemented separately in datetime objects, and therefore always
+ available).
(2)
When used with the :func:`strptime` function, the ``%p`` directive only affects