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formatdate(): A better docstring.

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Barry Warsaw 2001-11-09 17:07:28 +00:00
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@ -106,13 +106,16 @@ def encode(s, charset='iso-8859-1', encoding='q'):
def formatdate(timeval=None, localtime=0):
"""Returns a formatted time as specified by RFC 2822, e.g.:
"""Returns a date string as specified by RFC 2822, e.g.:
Fri, 09 Nov 2001 01:08:47 -0000
Optional timeval if given is a float time as accepted by localtime() or
gmtime(). Optional localtime is a flag that when true, interprets and
returns a time relative to the local timezone instead of UTC.
Optional timeval if given is a floating point time value as accepted by
gmtime() and localtime(), otherwise the current time is used.
Optional localtime is a flag that when true, interprets timeval, and
returns a date relative to the local timezone instead of UTC, properly
taking daylight savings time into account.
"""
# Note: we cannot use strftime() because that honors the locale and RFC
# 2822 requires that day and month names be the English abbreviations.