[Tutor] %T as a strftime format identifier

[Terry Carroll]

Was %T ever a valid format specifier for time.strftime in Python?

I just installed a Python streaming MP3 server called Edna 
(http://edna.sourceforge.net/).  It was an easy install except that I got 
a ValueError on one line, essentially for:

   time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %T GMT")

After a few seconds experimentation, I found that "%T" is not recognized, 
but that in ANSI C strftime, it's a shorthand for %H:%M:%S.  I changed it 
to:

   time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S PST")

and it worked fine.

My question: was %T ever a valid format specifier in Python?  My best 
guess is that it was when Edna was written (the most current release is 
from 2006, and the docs say it needs at least Python 1.5.2, which gives 
you an example of its age).  It seems odd that the format identifier would 
be dropped if it had existed, though; that seems like a needless 
upward compatibility issue.

I got this working, so this is mere curiosity; anyone know?