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Subject: Re: Python 2.7.6 help with modules
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On Feb 8, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Chris Angelico <rosuav@gmail.com> wrote:
> That's certainly effective. It's going to give you the right result. I
> would be inclined to start from the small end and strip off the
> seconds first, then the minutes, etc, because then you're working with
> smaller divisors (60, 60, 24, 7 instead of 604800, 86400, 3600, 60);
> most people will understand that a week is 7 days, but only people who
> work with DNS will know that it's 604800 seconds. But both work.

How would working from the small end (seconds) first and going up to =
weeks allow me to work with the smaller divisors?  Wouldn=92t it still =
have to be in seconds? =20=

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after-white-space;"><br><div><div>On Feb 8, 2014, at 6:46 PM, Chris =
Angelico &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:rosuav@gmail.com">rosuav@gmail.com</a>&gt; =
wrote:</div><blockquote type=3D"cite"><div style=3D"font-size: 15px; =
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start; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; =
widows: auto; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px;">That's =
certainly effective. It's going to give you the right result. I<br>would =
be inclined to start from the small end and strip off the<br>seconds =
first, then the minutes, etc, because then you're working =
with<br>smaller divisors (60, 60, 24, 7 instead of 604800, 86400, 3600, =
60);<br>most people will understand that a week is 7 days, but only =
people who<br>work with DNS will know that it's 604800 seconds. But both =
work.<br></div></blockquote></div><br><div>How would working from the =
small end (seconds) first and going up to weeks allow me to work with =
the smaller divisors? &nbsp;Wouldn=92t it still have to be in seconds? =
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