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Fix second description of handling 2-digit years (last item in 

introductory text).
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Fred Drake 1999-01-19 19:35:18 +00:00
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@ -80,21 +80,28 @@ this, where available).
\item \item
The time tuple as returned by \function{gmtime()}, The time tuple as returned by \function{gmtime()},
\function{localtime()}, and \function{strptime()}, and accepted by \function{localtime()}, and \function{strptime()}, and accepted by
\function{asctime()}, \function{mktime()} and \function{strftime()}, is a \function{asctime()}, \function{mktime()} and \function{strftime()},
tuple of 9 integers: year (e.g.\ 1993), month (1--12), day (1--31), is a tuple of 9 integers: year (e.g.\ 1993), month (1--12), day
hour (0--23), minute (0--59), second (0--59), weekday (0--6, monday is (1--31), hour (0--23), minute (0--59), second (0--59), weekday (0--6,
0), Julian day (1--366) and daylight savings flag (-1, 0 or 1). monday is 0), Julian day (1--366) and daylight savings flag (-1, 0 or
Note that unlike the \C{} structure, the month value is a range of 1-12, not 1). Note that unlike the \C{} structure, the month value is a range
0-11. A year value less than 100 will typically be silently converted to of 1-12, not 0-11. A year value will be handled as descibed under
1900 plus the year value. A \code{-1} argument as daylight savings ``Year 2000 (Y2K) issues'' above. A \code{-1} argument as daylight
flag, passed to \function{mktime()} will usually result in the correct savings flag, passed to \function{mktime()} will usually result in the
daylight savings state to be filled in. correct daylight savings state to be filled in.
\end{itemize} \end{itemize}
The module defines the following functions and data items: The module defines the following functions and data items:
\begin{datadesc}{accept2dyear}
Boolean value indicating whether two-digit year values will be
accepted. This is true by default, but will be set to false if the
environment variable \envvar{PYTHONY2K} has been set to a non-empty
string. It may also be modified at run time.
\end{datadesc}
\begin{datadesc}{altzone} \begin{datadesc}{altzone}
The offset of the local DST timezone, in seconds west of the 0th The offset of the local DST timezone, in seconds west of the 0th
meridian, if one is defined. Negative if the local DST timezone is meridian, if one is defined. Negative if the local DST timezone is