[Python-checkins] Clarify argument types in datetime docs. (GH-15459)

[Miss Islington (bot)]

https://github.com/python/cpython/commit/c5218fce02d6bd7bb343db20c8f14e8d9640783a
commit: c5218fce02d6bd7bb343db20c8f14e8d9640783a
branch: master
author: Jürgen Gmach <juergen.gmach at googlemail.com>
committer: Miss Islington (bot) <31488909+miss-islington at users.noreply.github.com>
date: 2019-08-24T12:48:55-07:00
summary:

Clarify argument types in datetime docs. (GH-15459)



"Arguments may be integers... " could be misunderstand as they also
could be strings.

New wording makes it clear that arguments have to be integers.

modified:   Doc/library/datetime.rst



Automerge-Triggered-By: @pganssle

files:
M Doc/library/datetime.rst

diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
index c935e3526512..0135fa4b0218 100644
--- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst
+++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst
@@ -401,7 +401,7 @@ systems.
 
 .. class:: date(year, month, day)
 
-   All arguments are required.  Arguments may be integers, in the following
+   All arguments are required.  Arguments must be integers in the following
    ranges:
 
    * ``MINYEAR <= year <= MAXYEAR``
@@ -714,7 +714,7 @@ Constructor:
 .. class:: datetime(year, month, day, hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0, tzinfo=None, *, fold=0)
 
    The year, month and day arguments are required.  *tzinfo* may be ``None``, or an
-   instance of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass.  The remaining arguments may be integers,
+   instance of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass.  The remaining arguments must be integers
    in the following ranges:
 
    * ``MINYEAR <= year <= MAXYEAR``,
@@ -1439,7 +1439,7 @@ day, and subject to adjustment via a :class:`tzinfo` object.
 .. class:: time(hour=0, minute=0, second=0, microsecond=0, tzinfo=None, *, fold=0)
 
    All arguments are optional.  *tzinfo* may be ``None``, or an instance of a
-   :class:`tzinfo` subclass.  The remaining arguments may be integers, in the
+   :class:`tzinfo` subclass.  The remaining arguments must be integers in the
    following ranges:
 
    * ``0 <= hour < 24``,