Re: Python mx.DateTime
On Fri, Dec 28, 2001 at 01:05:23PM -0500, Wayne Topa wrote:
> I have found an annoying 'feature' of the new mx.DateTime module and
> wonder if this is from something I am doing incorrectly. Any comments
> appreciated.
It's printing that because __debug__ is true.
rick@tc:~/Mail$ python
Python 2.1.1 (#1, Nov 11 2001, 18:19:24)
[GCC 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>> print __debug__
1
>>>
Why *that's* so, I don't know.
(Side note: I needed to import from mx.DateTime -- note the period.)
> root-Deb-Woody:~# python
> Python 2.1.1 (#1, Nov 11 2001, 18:19:24)
> [GCC 2.95.4 20011006 (Debian prerelease)] on linux2
> Type "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> from mxDateTime import *
> >>> a = 'Thu Dec 20 07:10:30 EST 2001 PPP-UP'
> >>> b = 'Thu Dec 20 07:12:21 EST 2001 PPP-OFF'
> >>> on = DateTimeFrom(a)
> parsed time: '07:10:30 EST' giving: 7 10 30.0 -05:00:00.00
> ('Thu', 'Dec', '20', '2001', None)
> parsed date: 'Thu Dec 20 2001' giving: 2001 12 20
> >>> off = on = DateTimeFrom(b)
> parsed time: '07:12:21 EST' giving: 7 12 21.0 -05:00:00.00
> ('Thu', 'Dec', '20', '2001', None)
> parsed date: 'Thu Dec 20 2001' giving: 2001 12 20
>
>
> In the Old DateTime module, which just got replaced, those parsed time
> and date lines were not there. Is is a new feature of mx.DateTime
> that we have to live with? I have been unable to find any reference
> to this in the Python Docs.
>
> As this is messing up a few of my old python 1.5 programs I would
> appreciate any pointers to a fix. I get the same results in python
> 2.1 and 2.2 so it seems that it is just that module.
>
> TIA
>
> Wayne
>
>
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