[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-671731 ] time module: time tuple not returned by certain functions

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Bugs item #671731, was opened at 2003-01-21 03:14
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Category: Python Library
Group: Python 2.2.2
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Martin Miller (mrmiller)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: time module: time tuple not returned by certain functions

Initial Comment:
On win32 the gmtime() and localtime() functions in the
time module return values of type 'time.time_struct'. I
believe the proper return value should be a tuple. This
is implied by the documentation (see
<http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html>
where it discusses the *time tuple* returned by the
various module functions and says it 'is a tuple of 9
integers'.

The time_struct value returned does behave like a tuple
instance in most respects, except that its type is not
type 'tuple'.

I think this is something that was changed in the not
too distant past, as I noticed the issue after
downloading code recently written by others which
depends on the type of the return value from these
functions being a tuple. If nothing else, if this was
changed, it is not backward compatible and the
documention ought to be updated.

Example:
> Python 2.2.2 (#37, Oct 14 2002, 17:02:34) [MSC 32 bit
(Intel)] on win32
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for
more information.
> >>> import time
> >>> print time.localtime()
> (2003, 1, 21, 3, 3, 2, 1, 21, 0)
> >>> print type(time.localtime()) is type(())
> 0
> >>> print type(time.localtime())
> <type 'time.struct_time'>
> >>>



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