Alexander Belopolsky <belopolsky@users.sourceforge.net> added the comment: I wonder if this is subject to change. I find it odd that
"{:g}".format(1e3) '1000'
but one has to use % in
"{:%Y}".format(datetime.now()) '2010'
It is also different from PEP 3101 recommendation: """ An example is the 'datetime' class, whose format specifiers might look something like the arguments to the strftime() function: "Today is: {0:a b d H:M:S Y}".format(datetime.now()) """ The above, however, should probably be "Today is: {0:a} {0:b} {0:d} {0:H}:{0:M}:{0:S} {0:Y}".format(datetime.now()) ---------- nosy: +belopolsky _______________________________________ Python tracker <report@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue8913> _______________________________________