[Python-3000] format and datetime (original) (raw)

Eric Smith eric+python-dev at trueblade.com
Tue Sep 11 03:30:27 CEST 2007

Paul Moore wrote:

I'd like to see the default format specified (somewhere). I note that the default format for datetime values seems to differ for me (on 3.0a1 on Windows)

Python 3.0a1 (py3k:57844, Aug 31 2007, 16:54:27) [MSC v.1310 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import datetime str(datetime.datetime.now()) '2007-09-10 16:26:25.218000' (Note lack of 'T'). I'm not sure I like 6 decimal places of seconds to be the default format, either, but consistency (with str()) and accuracy (however extreme) may be more important here...

This is my error. I caught it while adding tests, and I'll fix it before I check anything in. format(datetime.datetime.now(), '') will not have a 'T' in it, just as str(datetime.datetime.now()) doesn't.

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