From: Guido van Rossum <guido@python.org>
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 1996 23:21:58 +0000 (+0000)
Subject: document OverflowError exception on mktime()
X-Git-Tag: v1.4b1~362
X-Git-Url: https://granicus.if.org/sourcecode?a=commitdiff_plain;h=feeadef61e9b88af0a7ea55a2e8851f0dc5365c0;p=python

document OverflowError exception on mktime()
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diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
index 56488d1361..f91a492a8a 100644
--- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ to 1 when DST applies to the given time.
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{mktime}{tuple}
 This is the inverse function of \code{localtime}.  Its argument is the
-full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed).  It returns an integer.
+full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed).  It returns an integer.  If the
+input value can't be represented as a non-negative integer, OverflowError is raised.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{sleep}{secs}
diff --git a/Doc/libtime.tex b/Doc/libtime.tex
index 56488d1361..f91a492a8a 100644
--- a/Doc/libtime.tex
+++ b/Doc/libtime.tex
@@ -86,7 +86,8 @@ to 1 when DST applies to the given time.
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{mktime}{tuple}
 This is the inverse function of \code{localtime}.  Its argument is the
-full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed).  It returns an integer.
+full 9-tuple (since the dst flag is needed).  It returns an integer.  If the
+input value can't be represented as a non-negative integer, OverflowError is raised.
 \end{funcdesc}
 
 \begin{funcdesc}{sleep}{secs}