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diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst index 976cd49000..cf5d5b8543 100644 --- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst +++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst @@ -1734,10 +1734,7 @@ made to civil time. otherwise :exc:`ValueError` is raised. The *name* argument is optional. If specified it must be a string that - is used as the value returned by the ``tzname(dt)`` method. Otherwise, - ``tzname(dt)`` returns a string 'UTCsHH:MM', where s is the sign of - *offset*, HH and MM are two digits of ``offset.hours`` and - ``offset.minutes`` respectively. + will be used as the value returned by the :meth:`datetime.tzname` method. .. versionadded:: 3.2 @@ -1750,11 +1747,19 @@ made to civil time. .. method:: timezone.tzname(dt) - Return the fixed value specified when the :class:`timezone` instance is - constructed or a string 'UTCsHH:MM', where s is the sign of - *offset*, HH and MM are two digits of ``offset.hours`` and + Return the fixed value specified when the :class:`timezone` instance + is constructed. If *name* is not provided in the constructor, the + name returned by ``tzname(dt)`` is generated from the value of the + ``offset`` as follows. If *offset* is ``timedelta(0)``, the name + is "UTC", otherwise it is a string 'UTC±HH:MM', where ± is the sign + of ``offset``, HH and MM are two digits of ``offset.hours`` and ``offset.minutes`` respectively. + .. versionchanged:: 3.6 + Name generated from ``offset=timedelta(0)`` is now plain 'UTC', not + 'UTC+00:00'. + + .. method:: timezone.dst(dt) Always returns ``None``. @@ -1904,6 +1909,34 @@ format codes. | ``%%`` | A literal ``'%'`` character. | % | | +-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+ +Several additional directives not required by the C89 standard are included for +convenience. These parameters all correspond to ISO 8601 date values. These +may not be available on all platforms when used with the :meth:`strftime` +method. The ISO 8601 year and ISO 8601 week directives are not interchangeable +with the year and week number directives above. Calling :meth:`strptime` with +incomplete or ambiguous ISO 8601 directives will raise a :exc:`ValueError`. + ++-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+ +| Directive | Meaning | Example | Notes | ++===========+================================+========================+=======+ +| ``%G`` | ISO 8601 year with century | 0001, 0002, ..., 2013, | \(8) | +| | representing the year that | 2014, ..., 9998, 9999 | | +| | contains the greater part of | | | +| | the ISO week (``%V``). | | | ++-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+ +| ``%u`` | ISO 8601 weekday as a decimal | 1, 2, ..., 7 | | +| | number where 1 is Monday. | | | ++-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+ +| ``%V`` | ISO 8601 week as a decimal | 01, 02, ..., 53 | \(8) | +| | number with Monday as | | | +| | the first day of the week. | | | +| | Week 01 is the week containing | | | +| | Jan 4. | | | ++-----------+--------------------------------+------------------------+-------+ + +.. versionadded:: 3.6 + ``%G``, ``%u`` and ``%V`` were added. + Notes: (1) @@ -1968,7 +2001,14 @@ Notes: (7) When used with the :meth:`strptime` method, ``%U`` and ``%W`` are only used - in calculations when the day of the week and the year are specified. + in calculations when the day of the week and the calendar year (``%Y``) + are specified. + +(8) + Similar to ``%U`` and ``%W``, ``%V`` is only used in calculations when the + day of the week and the ISO year (``%G``) are specified in a + :meth:`strptime` format string. Also note that ``%G`` and ``%Y`` are not + interchangable. .. rubric:: Footnotes |