Python time class

Remco Gerlich scarblac at pino.selwerd.nl
Mon May 21 08:44:11 EDT 2001


Oleg Broytmann <phd at phd.fep.ru> wrote in comp.lang.python:
> Hello!
> 
> On Fri, 18 May 2001, Werner Geuens wrote:
> > You may have noticed that at least one function - strptime() - doesn't work
> > on at least one platform.
> > Yes, THAT platform.

The parent post never got here, Andrew Markebo wrote a pure Python
strptime.py, find it at http://www.fukt.hk-r.se/~flognat/hacks/

Locale support isn't there, but if you need only English or Swedish dates,
it works fine.

>    Well, let us return to our muttons. You DO need strptime()
> implementation? It is not our responsibility to bring it to you. Hey, in
> the world of free software it is YOUR responsibility to bring it to us!

But somebody else already did :)

-- 
Remco Gerlich



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