Adam Williamson <awill...@redhat.com> added the comment:
I'd suggest that if that is the case, it would be better for the docs to
*specifically mention* that `%s` is not supported and should not be used,
rather than simply not mentioning it.
When it's used in real code (note someone in the SO issue mentions "I have been
going crazy trying to figure out why i see strftime("%s") a lot, yet it's not
in the docs") and just *not mentioned* in the docs, this tends to give the
impression that it's something usable that was perhaps just forgotten from the
docs, or something. The situation would be much clearer if the docs said "DO
NOT USE THIS, IT'S DANGEROUS AND DOESN'T DO WHAT YOU THINK" in big letters.
(And suggested using .timestamp() on Python 3.3+, and possibly arrow's
.timestamp on 2.7?)
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