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#5365: add quick look conversion table for different time representations.

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Georg Brandl 2009-02-27 16:59:03 +00:00
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@ -118,6 +118,24 @@ An explanation of some terminology and conventions is in order.
The time value sequence was changed from a tuple to a :class:`struct_time`, with
the addition of attribute names for the fields.
* Use the following functions to convert between time representations:
+-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
| From | To | Use |
+=========================+=========================+=========================+
| seconds since the epoch | :class:`struct_time` in | :func:`gmtime` |
| | UTC | |
+-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
| seconds since the epoch | :class:`struct_time` in | :func:`localtime` |
| | local time | |
+-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
| :class:`struct_time` in | seconds since the epoch | :func:`calendar.timegm` |
| UTC | | |
+-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
| :class:`struct_time` in | seconds since the epoch | :func:`mktime` |
| local time | | |
+-------------------------+-------------------------+-------------------------+
The module defines the following functions and data items: