Commit 8cf94e60 authored by Guido van Rossum's avatar Guido van Rossum

Add mktime_tz(). Add () to a function reference in parsedate_tz().

parent 00455b77
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\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{parsedate_tz}{date}
Performs the same function as \code{parsedate}, but returns either
Performs the same function as \code{parsedate()}, but returns either
\code{None} or a 10-tuple; the first 9 elements make up a tuple that
can be passed directly to \code{time.mktime()}, and the tenth is the
offset of the date's time zone from UTC (which is the official term
for Greenwich Mean Time).
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{mktime_tz}{tuple}
Turn a 10-tuple as returned by \code{parsedate_tz()} into a UTC timestamp.
Minor deficiency: this first interprets the first 8 elements as a
local time and then compensates for the timezone difference;
this may yield a slight error around daylight savings time
switch dates. Not enough to worry about for common use.
\end{funcdesc}
\subsection{Message Objects}
A \code{Message} instance has the following methods:
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......@@ -40,13 +40,21 @@ returned.
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{parsedate_tz}{date}
Performs the same function as \code{parsedate}, but returns either
Performs the same function as \code{parsedate()}, but returns either
\code{None} or a 10-tuple; the first 9 elements make up a tuple that
can be passed directly to \code{time.mktime()}, and the tenth is the
offset of the date's time zone from UTC (which is the official term
for Greenwich Mean Time).
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{mktime_tz}{tuple}
Turn a 10-tuple as returned by \code{parsedate_tz()} into a UTC timestamp.
Minor deficiency: this first interprets the first 8 elements as a
local time and then compensates for the timezone difference;
this may yield a slight error around daylight savings time
switch dates. Not enough to worry about for common use.
\end{funcdesc}
\subsection{Message Objects}
A \code{Message} instance has the following methods:
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