[Python-bugs-list] [ python-Bugs-697989 ] Clarify mktime semantics

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Bugs item #697989, was opened at 2003-03-05 08:46
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Category: Documentation
Group: None
Status: Open
Resolution: None
Priority: 5
Submitted By: Erland Lewin (erl)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: Clarify mktime semantics

Initial Comment:
Python Library Reference, Chapter 6.9

mktime: I believe the C mktime calls ignore the weekday
and Julian day values in the tuple. I therefor assume
that the Python function also does so, which should be
documented.


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>Comment By: Tim Peters (tim_one)
Date: 2003-03-05 14:05

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Python does (for the most part) inherit mktime semantics 
from the platform C, but mktime() is "underspecified" by 
ANSI C and there's little that can be said about oddball 
cases across platforms.  Sometimes it even depends on 
the preprocessor symbols defined when the platform C 
library was compiled.

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