[DB-SIG] Date-time types

[Fredrik Lundh]

>The time module uses 0 as monday, 1 as tuesday,... should
>the tuple-method of the new type also use this convention,
>or rather stick to what the C lib does (0=3Dsunday,1=3Dmonday,...)
>which -I think- is ISO standard ?

ISO C, perhaps.  Not the date/time representation standard
ISO 8601, which say:

    A week starts with Monday (day 1) and ends with Sunday (day 7).

(IMO, rather than letting the week start on a sunday, use Python's
standard convention 0=3Dmonday...)

And never write date/time code without taking a careful look at ISO 8601
and related ISO standards.  The following link might be useful:

    ftp://ftp.informatik.uni-erlangen.de/pub/doc/ISO

Cheers /F


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