Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!weretis.net!feeder4.news.weretis.net!ecngs!feeder2.ecngs.de!newsfeed.freenet.ag!news2.euro.net!newsgate.cistron.nl!newsgate.news.xs4all.nl!post.news.xs4all.nl!not-for-mail Return-Path: X-Original-To: python-list@python.org Delivered-To: python-list@mail.python.org X-Spam-Status: OK 0.005 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.99; '*S*': 0.00; 'charset:iso-8859-7': 0.04; 'that?': 0.05; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'binary': 0.07; 'string': 0.09; 'received:209.85.219': 0.09; 'to:addr:comp.lang.python': 0.09; 'url:unicode': 0.09; 'cc:addr:python-list': 0.11; 'python': 0.11; 'wrote:': 0.18; 'do.': 0.18; 'trying': 0.19; 'thu,': 0.19; 'cc:addr:python.org': 0.22; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'mind.': 0.24; 'skip:% 10': 0.24; 'cc:2**0': 0.24; 'cc:no real name:2**0': 0.24; 'header:In-Reply-To:1': 0.27; 'appear': 0.29; 'chris': 0.29; 'am,': 0.29; 'start,': 0.30; "i'm": 0.30; 'getting': 0.31; 'forces': 0.31; 'ones.': 0.31; 'figure': 0.32; 'text': 0.33; 'subject:from': 0.34; 'received:209.85': 0.35; 'received:google.com': 0.35; 'received:209': 0.37; 'whatever': 0.38; "you're": 0.61; 'here:': 0.62; 'dont': 0.67; 'mar': 0.68; 'distinguish': 0.84; 'greek': 0.84; '\xcc\xe1\xf1\xf4\xdf\xef\xf5': 0.84; 'ore': 0.91; '2013': 0.98 X-Received: by 10.49.74.102 with SMTP id s6mr1390023qev.25.1364436960673; Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:16:00 -0700 (PDT) Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Date: Wed, 27 Mar 2013 19:16:00 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: Complaints-To: groups-abuse@google.com Injection-Info: glegroupsg2000goo.googlegroups.com; posting-host=94.68.83.207; posting-account=DYJQ-woAAACEPH85Au2BhUVfFTfSfVa4 References: <73865aec-bee1-4aea-b8b4-28a4cad24473@googlegroups.com> User-Agent: G2/1.0 X-Google-Web-Client: true X-Google-IP: 94.68.83.207 MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: Re: Altering 2 statements from Python 2.6 => 3.2 From: =?ISO-8859-7?B?zd/q7/Igw+rxMzPq?= To: comp.lang.python@googlegroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-7 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: python-list@python.org X-BeenThere: python-list@python.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.15 Precedence: list List-Id: General discussion list for the Python programming language List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Message-ID: Lines: 40 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1364436969 news.xs4all.nl 6891 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:46587 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:42058 =D4=E7 =D0=DD=EC=F0=F4=E7, 28 =CC=E1=F1=F4=DF=EF=F5 2013 12:55:11 =F0.=EC. = UTC+2, =EF =F7=F1=DE=F3=F4=E7=F2 Chris Angelico =DD=E3=F1=E1=F8=E5: > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 7:18 AM, =CD=DF=EA=EF=F2 =C3=EA=F133=EA wrote: >=20 > > date =3D date.strftime('%A, %e %b %Y').decode('cp1253').encode('utf8') >=20 >=20 >=20 > For a start, figure out what you're trying to do. I'm trying to get my >=20 > head around this line and I'm not getting anywhere. Is 'date' an >=20 > instance of datetime.date()? And whatever it is, why do you then >=20 > immediately rebind it? And why decode an arbitrary string using an >=20 > arbitrary encoding? And why.... never mind. Start here: >=20 >=20 >=20 > http://www.joelonsoftware.com/articles/Unicode.html >=20 >=20 >=20 > One of Python 3's big features is that it forces you to distinguish >=20 > text strings from binary ones. >=20 >=20 >=20 > ChrisA I had to use it like that in order for date to be appear correctly in greek= otherwise it would seem like chinese. So now you mena i dont have to decode anym ore and use it liek that? date =3D date.strftime('%A, %e %b %Y').encode('utf8')