#9430: document timedelta str() and repr().

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Georg Brandl 2010-07-31 11:40:07 +00:00
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@ -265,6 +265,14 @@ Supported operations:
| ``abs(t)`` | equivalent to +\ *t* when ``t.days >= 0``, and|
| | to -*t* when ``t.days < 0``. (2) |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``str(t)`` | Returns a string in the form |
| | ``[D day[s], ][H]H:MM:SS[.UUUUUU]``, where D |
| | is negative for negative ``t``. (5) |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
| ``repr(t)`` | Returns a string in the form |
| | ``datetime.timedelta(D[, S[, U]])``, where D |
| | is negative for negative ``t``. (5) |
+--------------------------------+-----------------------------------------------+
Notes:
@ -280,6 +288,16 @@ Notes:
(4)
-*timedelta.max* is not representable as a :class:`timedelta` object.
(5)
String representations of :class:`timedelta` objects are normalized
similarly to their internal representation. This leads to somewhat
unusual results for negative timedeltas. For example:
>>> timedelta(hours=-5)
datetime.timedelta(-1, 68400)
>>> print(_)
-1 day, 19:00:00
In addition to the operations listed above :class:`timedelta` objects support
certain additions and subtractions with :class:`date` and :class:`datetime`
objects (see below).