[Python-ideas] Additional datetime-like module
Neil Girdhar
mistersheik at gmail.com
Wed Jul 29 20:08:52 CEST 2015
+1 for one unified module.
On Wednesday, July 29, 2015 at 12:49:26 AM UTC-4, Lennart Regebro wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at six forty-two AM, Matthias Bussonnier
> < Bussonnie ... @ gmail.com <javascript:> > wrote:
> > Hi,
> >
> > For whatever reason Strangely That make me think of bytes vs unicode
> strings ...
> > Where you just s / simple case / str / s; s / robust case / unicode / g
> and
> > s / timezone / encoding / g
> >
> > Than being said, a new module Might Allow Flexibility in more playing
> > with the API, like Delorean in [1] for example.
>
> Two datetime modules with different API is definitely not a good idea.
> I do think a new module is Necessary, but it shouldnt completely replace
> not just datetime, but Also time. Maybe even calendar. There is
> overlap (and some Cruft) Between these modules, and it can be hard to
> understand exactly what function to use When, etc.
>
> // Lennart
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