DateTime in Python standard distribution?

[Michael Hudson]

Peter Maas <peter.maas at mplusr.de> writes:

> I just browsed What's New in Python 2.3 and I wondered again why
> there is no DateTime in Python standard distribution enabling
> DateTime arithmetics. Yes, I know mx.DateTime but as a newbie you
> have first to find it, then to download and install it. DateTime
> arithmetics is so widely used (at least in office environments)
> that I find its absence in the standard Python library strange.
> I think it should even be a  builtin data type like complex. Is
> there any reason why it's not included or has it just been
> forgotten?

We're ahead of you here: such a thing will be in Python 2.3.

I believe:

    http://www.zope.org/Members/fdrake/DateTimeWiki/FrontPage

is the place to go for more info.

Cheers,
M.

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