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Clarify that strftime's encoding is based on locale

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David Wolever 2013-05-23 17:42:14 -04:00
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@ -1718,10 +1718,10 @@ Notes:
Because the format depends on the current locale, care should be taken when
making assumptions about the output value. Field orderings will vary (for
example, "month/day/year" versus "day/month/year"), and the output may
contain Unicode characters (encoded, by default, using UTF-8, but this may
vary based on the locale; for example, the ``ja_JP`` locale contains UTF-8
encoded Japanese characters, but ``ja_JP.SJIS`` contains Shift JIS encoded
Japanese characters).
contain Unicode characters encoded using the locale's default encoding (for
example, if the current locale is ``js_JP``, the default encoding could be
any one of ``eucJP``, ``SJIS``, or ``utf-8``; use :meth:`locale.getlocale`
to determine the current locale's encoding).
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When used with the :meth:`strptime` method, the ``%p`` directive only affects