Jon Ribbens <jon+python-...@unequivocal.co.uk> wrote: > On Thu, Apr 16, 2009 at 12:10:36PM +0400, Oleg Broytmann wrote: >> > This patch adds a "monthdelta" class and a "monthmod" function to the >> > datetime module. The monthdelta class is much like the existing >> > timedelta class, except that it represents months offset from a date, >> > rather than an exact period offset from a date. >> >> I'd rather see the code merged with timedelta: timedelta(months=n). > > Unfortunately, that's simply impossible. A timedelta is a fixed number > of seconds, and the time between one month and the next varies.
I agree. > I am very much in favour of there being the ability to add months to > dates though. Obviously there is the question of what to do when you > move forward 1 month from the 31st January; in my opinion an optional > argument to specify different behaviours would be nice. Others have suggested raising an exception when a month calculation lands on an invalid date. Python already has that; it's spelled like this: >>> dt = date(2008, 1, 31) >>> dt.replace(month=dt.month + 1) Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> ValueError: day is out of range for month What other behavior options besides "last-valid-day-of-the-month" would you like to see? cheers, Jess _______________________________________________ Python-Dev mailing list Python-Dev@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-dev Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-dev/archive%40mail-archive.com