Python Library Reference, Chapter 6.9 mktime: I believe the C mktime calls ignore the weekday and Julian day values in the tuple. I therefor assume that the Python function also does so, which should be documented.
Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Python does (for the most part) inherit mktime semantics from the platform C, but mktime() is "underspecified" by ANSI C and there's little that can be said about oddball cases across platforms. Sometimes it even depends on the preprocessor symbols defined when the platform C library was compiled.
Logged In: YES user_id=116933 I have a draft of the C99 standard, which in paragraph 7.23.2.3 describes mktime, and says: "The original values of the tm_wday and tm_yday components of the structure are ignored..." So, I would say that mktime() is *not* underspecified by ISO C. In order to write correct programs, it is neccessary to know the semantics of the functions, and IMHO the manual should specify what can be expected of them.
Logged In: YES user_id=31435 Yup, I agree the spec is clear on this specific point. I'd rather the docs refer users to the platform C docs, though, as many other aspects of mktime can and do vary across implementations (for example, C is silent on the origin of the epoch, while POSIX defines it; C and POSIX are both clear as mud about how out-of-range struct tm members are to be treated; etc -- google for mktime man pages to see what a mess this function really is across platforms).
