[Python-Dev] datetime +/- scalars (int, long, float)? (original) (raw)

Michael Hudson mwh@python.net
04 Mar 2002 13:48:43 +0000

Kevin Jacobs <jacobs@penguin.theopalgroup.com> writes:

On Mon, 4 Mar 2002, Guido van Rossum wrote: > > You should name the type timestamp if you want to imply dt + n > > == dt + n seconds. datetime + n is commonly understood as > > dt + n days. [...] > Is this just an mxDateTime convention, or is it in wider use? (URLs > of docs of other languages / libraries would really help to convince > me!)

I'm afraid that this really is the de-facto standard. However, lets be clear; is t=t+1 adding 1 (calendar) day or 24 hours (86400 seconds)?

Wouldn't this fall into the "explicit is better than implicit" bin? I.e. t + 1 should be an error?

Cheers, M.

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