> > I suppose really oneDay should be a global (i.e. outside the function > definition). Apart from that it would be hard to improve on: obvious, > easy to read, in short - pythonic. > > Are you concerned about daylight savings? That could certainly introduce > a whole new level of complexity into the problem. Let's hope not ...
I'm not concerned with DST; this is a script which checks my Ebay auctions (I have some things for sale), and sends me e-mail whenever someone bids. It's run by cron every half hour -- it keeps me from compulsively checking my auctions. ^_^ In any case, DST isn't an issue because the same machine generates both timestamps, and all I use it for is to stop displaying auctions after they are 10 days old, so I don't get all my old crap filling up the alert e-mail or skewing the total dollar amount for all active auctions. Thanks. Shawn -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list