[Tutor] Date time

[Sunil Tech]

Thank you Danny


On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Danny Yoo <dyoo at hashcollision.org> wrote:

> On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Sunil Tech <sunil.techspk at gmail.com>
>  wrote:
>
> I want to know, what difference is in between *mxDateTime & datetime of
>> python?*
>> looking for your comments...
>>
>
>
> According to the mxDateTime web site, it provides a compatible interface
> to the standard library's version.
>
>     http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/mxDateTime/
>
>
> I'm trying to remember the history of things, but unfortunately my memory
> can't be trusted.  But I believe mxDateTime was developed first, and
> influenced the design of the standard library's version.
>
>
> I'm trying to see if I can find supporting evidence for this guess... ok,
> the one in the standard library came in July 2003, according to:
>
>
> http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/whatsnew/node18.html#SECTION0001810000000000000000
>
> We can do a few more searches to see that references to mxDateTime did
> exist before then.
>
> For example, here's a reference from back in April 1999:
>
>     http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/208/
>
>
> We can also see that the developer, M.-A. Lemburg,  worked to get things
> compatible between the two implementations:
>
>     https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-January/032100.html
>
>
> So that should help explain why there are two libraries out there with the
> same interface.
>
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