[Python-Dev] New module proposal: timelib (original) (raw)

Brett C. bac at OCF.Berkeley.EDU
Thu Dec 11 17:48:39 EST 2003

Keith Dart wrote:

Attached is a module that I call timelib that extends the standard time module. This module allows easier time manipulation with a mutable time object, and provides some extra utility functions.

Browsing the code I didn't see anything that was that much better than what datetime offered. The mutability is the only big difference but I don't see that as a critical thing in this case since they are relatively cheap objects to create.

And speaking of datetime, that module pretty much supercedes time. The only thing in time that datetime lacks is basically strptime from my experience.

Personally, I would rather see any nice, new functionality be added to datetime so that time itself can possibly just go away. datetime is just so much nicer to use in my opinion.

-Brett

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