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Issue21221 - Explain the usage of tm_isdst attribute of mktime, with valid
values and meaning.

Patch contributed by Andrew Scheller.
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Senthil Kumaran 2016-01-03 00:43:23 -08:00
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@ -555,9 +555,11 @@ The module defines the following functions and data items:
+-------+-------------------+---------------------------------+
Note that unlike the C structure, the month value is a range of [1, 12], not
[0, 11]. A ``-1`` argument as the daylight
savings flag, passed to :func:`mktime` will usually result in the correct
daylight savings state to be filled in.
[0, 11].
In calls to :func:`mktime`, :attr:`tm_isdst` may be set to 1 when daylight
savings time is in effect, and 0 when it is not. A value of -1 indicates that
this is not known, and will usually result in the correct state being filled in.
When a tuple with an incorrect length is passed to a function expecting a
:class:`struct_time`, or having elements of the wrong type, a