From: Brett Cannon Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2007 19:12:08 +0000 (+0000) Subject: Add a note for strptime that just because strftime supports some extra X-Git-Tag: v2.6a1~2268 X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=f5c034af10d98d58207eb063450a36c3c5fd10b2;p=python Add a note for strptime that just because strftime supports some extra directive that is not documented that strptime will as well. --- diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex index f40838a440..e27604530a 100644 --- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex +++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex @@ -324,6 +324,12 @@ Support for the \code{\%Z} directive is based on the values contained in it is platform-specific except for recognizing UTC and GMT which are always known (and are considered to be non-daylight savings timezones). + +Only the directives specified in the documentation are supported. Because +\code{strftime()} is implemented per platform it can sometimes offer more +directives than those listed. But \code{strptime()} is independent of any +platform and thus does not necessarily support all directives available that +are not documented as supported. \end{funcdesc} \begin{datadesc}{struct_time}