Instructive example for strftime(); how to generate RFC822 dates.

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seconds and the (very rare) double leap seconds.
\end{description}
Here is an example, a format for dates compatible with that specified
in the \rfc{822} Internet email standard.
\footnote{The use of \%Z is now
deprecated, but the \%z escape that expands to the preferred
hour/minute offset is not supported by all ANSI C libraries. Also,
a strict reading of the original 1982 \rfc{822} standard calls for
a two-digit year (\%y rather than \%Y), but practice moved to
4-digit years long before the year 2000.}
\begin{verbatim}
>>> from time import *
>>> strftime("\%a, \%d \%b \%Y \%H:\%M:\%S \%Z", localtime())
'Sat, 27 Jan 2001 05:15:05 EST'
>>>
\end{verbatim}
Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but
only the ones listed here have a meaning standardized by ANSI C.