[Python-checkins] python/dist/src/Doc/lib libdatetime.tex, 1.53, 1.54

Thu Jan 13 05:12:59 CET 2005

Update of /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib
In directory sc8-pr-cvs1.sourceforge.net:/tmp/cvs-serv27707/Doc/Lib
Modified Files:
	libdatetime.tex 
Log Message:
Add strptime() constructor to datetime class. Thanks to Josh Spoerri for
the changes.
Index: libdatetime.tex
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RCS file: /cvsroot/python/python/dist/src/Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex,v
retrieving revision 1.53
retrieving revision 1.54
diff -u -d -r1.53 -r1.54

--- libdatetime.tex	15 Nov 2004 03:50:16 -0000	1.53
+++ libdatetime.tex	13 Jan 2005 04:12:26 -0000	1.54
@@ -624,6 +624,15 @@
 ignored.
 \end{methoddesc}
 
+\begin{methoddesc}{strptime}{date_string, format}
+ Return a \class{datetime} corresponding to \var{date_string}, parsed
+ according to \var{format}. This is equivalent to
+ \code{datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string,
+ format)[0:6]))}. \exception{ValueError} is raised if the date_string and
+ format can't be parsed by \function{time.strptime()} or if it returns a
+ value which isn't a time tuple.
+\end{methoddesc}
+
 Class attributes:
 
 \begin{memberdesc}{min}
