[Python-ideas] Making datetime __str__ and isoformat more consistent

Ethan Furman ethan at stoneleaf.us
Fri Nov 1 20:49:35 CET 2013


On 11/01/2013 11:15 AM, Skip Montanaro wrote:
> http://bugs.python.org/issue19475
>
> Do others agree with me that consistency in this situation is better than
> the current behavior?

I haven't seen the arguments in favor of this awkward behavior, so I may change my mind, but at the moment I would 
certainly argue for consistency: either emit microseconds in __str__ or ignore remaining microseconds or ignore a 
trailing %f (or all three ;) .

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~Ethan~


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