Commit 2f394f66 authored by Sandro Tosi's avatar Sandro Tosi

mention RFC1123 as origin of 4-year digit; thanks to John Haxby from docs@

parent f6854cb0
......@@ -553,6 +553,6 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items:
preferred hour/minute offset is not supported by all ANSI C libraries. Also, a
strict reading of the original 1982 :rfc:`822` standard calls for a two-digit
year (%y rather than %Y), but practice moved to 4-digit years long before the
year 2000. The 4-digit year has been mandated by :rfc:`2822`, which obsoletes
:rfc:`822`.
year 2000. After that, :rfc:`822` became obsolete and the 4-digit year has
been first recommended by :rfc:`1123` and then mandated by :rfc:`2822`.
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