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Consistent spelling: "time zone" -> "timezone". 

Clarify that the sign of the timezone offset returned by
parsedate_tz() is the opposite of time.timezone.
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Guido van Rossum 1998-02-18 21:47:29 +00:00
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@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ returned.
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).
offset of the date's timezone from UTC (which is the official term
for Greenwich Mean Time). (Note that the sign of the timezone offset
is the opposite of the sign of the \code{time.timezone} variable for
the same timezone; the latter variable follows the \POSIX{} standard
while this module follows \rfc{822}.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{mktime_tz}{tuple}
@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ function may occasionally yield an incorrect result.
Retrieve a header using \code{getheader} and parse it into a 10-tuple;
the first 9 elements will make a tuple compatible with
\code{time.mktime()}, and the 10th is a number giving the offset of
the date's time zone from UTC. Similarly to \code{getdate()}, if
the date's timezone from UTC. Similarly to \code{getdate()}, if
there is no header matching \var{name}, or it is unparsable, return
\code{None}.
\end{funcdesc}

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@ -43,8 +43,11 @@ returned.
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).
offset of the date's timezone from UTC (which is the official term
for Greenwich Mean Time). (Note that the sign of the timezone offset
is the opposite of the sign of the \code{time.timezone} variable for
the same timezone; the latter variable follows the \POSIX{} standard
while this module follows \rfc{822}.)
\end{funcdesc}
\begin{funcdesc}{mktime_tz}{tuple}
@ -131,7 +134,7 @@ function may occasionally yield an incorrect result.
Retrieve a header using \code{getheader} and parse it into a 10-tuple;
the first 9 elements will make a tuple compatible with
\code{time.mktime()}, and the 10th is a number giving the offset of
the date's time zone from UTC. Similarly to \code{getdate()}, if
the date's timezone from UTC. Similarly to \code{getdate()}, if
there is no header matching \var{name}, or it is unparsable, return
\code{None}.
\end{funcdesc}