Refer to strftime(3) manpage for platform specific format codes.

Suggested by Skip Montanaro on docs@.
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Georg Brandl 2013-10-13 18:28:25 +02:00
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The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms, because Python
calls the platform C library's :func:`strftime` function, and platform
variations are common.
variations are common. To see the full set of format codes supported on your
platform, consult the :manpage:`strftime(3)` documentation.
The following is a list of all the format codes that the C standard (1989
version) requires, and these work on all platforms with a standard C

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>>> strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", gmtime())
'Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:17:15 +0000'
Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but only the ones
listed here have a meaning standardized by ANSI C.
Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but only the
ones listed here have a meaning standardized by ANSI C. To see the full set
of format codes supported on your platform, consult the :manpage:`strftime(3)`
documentation.
On some platforms, an optional field width and precision specification can
immediately follow the initial ``'%'`` of a directive in the following order;