[Python-ideas] Please reconsider the Boolean evaluation of midnight

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 06.03.2014 13:08, Nick Coghlan wrote:
> But perhaps I've been told "midnight is false in boolean context". But
> which midnight? There are three that apply to me:
> 
>>>> naivemidnight
> datetime.time(0, 0)
>>>> utcmidnight
> datetime.time(0, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone.utc)
>>>> localmidnight
> datetime.time(0, 0, tzinfo=datetime.timezone(datetime.timedelta(0, 36000)))
> 
> Are they all False? No, no they're not (unless your local timezone is UTC):
> 
>>>> bool(utcmidnight)
> False
>>>> bool(naivemidnight)
> False
>>>> bool(localmidnight)
> True

Now this is a what I consider a valid argument for making a change.

Thanks, Nick.

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