Path: csiph.com!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.albasani.net!news.stack.nl!newsfeed.xs4all.nl!newsfeed1.news.xs4all.nl!xs4all!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 0.015 X-Spam-Evidence: '*H*': 0.97; '*S*': 0.00; 'subject:Python': 0.06; 'received:80.91': 0.09; 'received:80.91.229': 0.09; 'received:gmane.org': 0.09; 'received:list': 0.09; 'fetch': 0.16; 'finney': 0.16; 'received:80.91.229.3': 0.16; 'received:plane.gmane.org': 0.16; 'timestamp': 0.16; 'library': 0.18; 'not,': 0.20; 'header:User-Agent:1': 0.23; 'please?': 0.24; 'asking': 0.27; 'header:X-Complaints-To:1': 0.27; 'chris': 0.29; 'you?': 0.31; 'writes:': 0.31; 'this.': 0.32; 'subject:the': 0.34; 'could': 0.34; 'ben': 0.38; 'to:addr:python-list': 0.38; 'explain': 0.39; 'does': 0.39; 'to:addr:python.org': 0.39; 'received:org': 0.40; 'read': 0.60; "you're": 0.61; 'offer': 0.62; 'more': 0.64; 'skip:\xe2 10': 0.65; '8bit%:43': 0.74 X-Injected-Via-Gmane: http://gmane.org/ To: python-list@python.org From: Ben Finney Subject: Re: the Gravity of Python 2 Date: Thu, 09 Jan 2014 17:57:21 +1100 References: <78d91$52cbf8e9$541826b9$29485@cache1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl> <4b702$52cc262e$541826b9$22985@cache80.multikabel.net> <4cbf$52cc2e82$541826b9$11761@cache70.multikabel.net> <686$52cd4640$541826b9$21896@cache1.tilbu1.nb.home.nl> <52CE3416.9090501@stoneleaf.us> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Gmane-NNTP-Posting-Host: rasputin.madmonks.org X-Public-Key-ID: 0xAC128405 X-Public-Key-Fingerprint: 517C F14B B2F3 98B0 CB35 4855 B8B2 4C06 AC12 8405 X-Public-Key-URL: http://www.benfinney.id.au/contact/bfinney-gpg.asc X-Post-From: Ben Finney User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Emacs/23.4 (gnu/linux) Cancel-Lock: sha1:koSpdJJFz7rLUIvp5MUGV4XNxKQ= 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: , Newsgroups: comp.lang.python Message-ID: Lines: 16 NNTP-Posting-Host: 2001:888:2000:d::a6 X-Trace: 1389250655 news.xs4all.nl 2916 [2001:888:2000:d::a6]:44824 X-Complaints-To: abuse@xs4all.nl Xref: csiph.com comp.lang.python:63576 Chris Angelico writes: > What exactly does datetime offer you that a timestamp doesn't? Can we > get a quick run-down, please? Isn't this answered by you reading the standard library documentation for the ‘datetime’ and ‘time’ modules? Are you asking for someone to read those for you? If not, can you explain more precisely what you're asking? -- \ “A child of five could understand this. Fetch me a child of | `\ five.” —Groucho Marx | _o__) | Ben Finney