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On Wed, Mar 25, 2015 at 3:16 PM, Jinghui Niu <niujinghui@gmail.com> wrote: > I am learning python programming. One thing that gives me a lot of confusion is the division of labours between the time module and the datetime module. > > As it turns out to be, time module is not only about time, it's about date too. And datetime doesn't natively support timezone, you have to create one for yourself. > > Why duplicate datetime module? What is the design rationale between this division? Can't we just have one unified module that deals with dates and times? Could someone please list some situations where the two modules are actually useful in their own ways respectively? > > Explanation with not too much jargon is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance. They have fairly different focuses. Notice that in the standard library table of contents, they're not even listed in the same section. datetime is listed under "8.Data Types" whereas time falls under "16. Generic Operating System Services". That pretty much sums it up: the datetime module exists to implement convenient data types for representing dates and times. The time module mostly provides low-level analogues of C APIs and system calls, e.g. stuff that you might expect to find in time.h if you were working in C.
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time module vs. datetime module: plain language for beginners Jinghui Niu <niujinghui@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 14:16 -0700
Re: time module vs. datetime module: plain language for beginners Steven D'Aprano <steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> - 2015-03-26 10:36 +1100
Re: time module vs. datetime module: plain language for beginners Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-25 17:49 -0600
Re: time module vs. datetime module: plain language for beginners Mark Lawrence <breamoreboy@yahoo.co.uk> - 2015-03-26 00:01 +0000
Re: time module vs. datetime module: plain language for beginners Jinghui Niu <niujinghui@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 17:31 -0700
Re: time module vs. datetime module: plain language for beginners Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2015-03-27 19:07 -0600
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