Bug #1566663: remove obsolete example from datetime docs.

(backport from rev. 52063)

Doc/lib/libdatetime.tex

@@ -1421,19 +1421,21 @@ The exact range of years for which \method{strftime()} works also
 varies across platforms.  Regardless of platform, years before 1900
 cannot be used.
 
-\subsection{Examples}
+%%% This example is obsolete, since strptime is now supported by datetime.
-
+% 
-\subsubsection{Creating Datetime Objects from Formatted Strings}
+% \subsection{Examples}
-
+% 
-The \class{datetime} class does not directly support parsing formatted time
+% \subsubsection{Creating Datetime Objects from Formatted Strings}
-strings.  You can use \function{time.strptime} to do the parsing and create
+% 
-a \class{datetime} object from the tuple it returns:
+% The \class{datetime} class does not directly support parsing formatted time
-
+% strings.  You can use \function{time.strptime} to do the parsing and create
-\begin{verbatim}
+% a \class{datetime} object from the tuple it returns:
->>> s = "2005-12-06T12:13:14"
+% 
->>> from datetime import datetime
+% \begin{verbatim}
->>> from time import strptime
+% >>> s = "2005-12-06T12:13:14"
->>> datetime(*strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6])
+% >>> from datetime import datetime
-datetime.datetime(2005, 12, 6, 12, 13, 14)
+% >>> from time import strptime
-\end{verbatim}
+% >>> datetime(*strptime(s, "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S")[0:6])
-
+% datetime.datetime(2005, 12, 6, 12, 13, 14)
+% \end{verbatim}
+% 

Misc/NEWS

@@ -151,6 +151,8 @@ Tests
 Documentation
 -------------
 
+- Bug #1566663: remove obsolete example from datetime docs.
+
 - Bug #1541682: Fix example in the "Refcount details" API docs.
   Additionally, remove a faulty example showing PySequence_SetItem applied
   to a newly created list object and add notes that this isn't a good idea.