[issue18827] mistake in the timedelta.total_seconds docstring
New submission from Alexander Schier: Return the total number of seconds contained in the duration. Equivalent to (td.microseconds + (td.seconds + td.days * 24 * 3600) * 10**6) / 10**6 computed with true division enabled. Should be Return the total number of seconds contained in the duration. Equivalent to (td.microseconds / 10**6 + (td.seconds + td.days * 24 * 3600) * 10**6) computed with true division enabled. At least i hope, the bug is only in the docs and not in the function ;). -- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 196100 nosy: allo, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: mistake in the timedelta.total_seconds docstring type: behavior versions: Python 2.7 ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18827 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18827] mistake in the timedelta.total_seconds docstring
Tim Peters added the comment: The docs look correct to me. For example, from datetime import * td = datetime.now() - datetime(1,1,1) td datetime.timedelta(735103, 61756, 484000) td.total_seconds() 63512960956.484 ^ What the docs say match that output: (td.microseconds + (td.seconds + td.days * 24 * 3600) * 10**6) / 1e6 63512960956.484 Your suggestion's output: (td.microseconds / 1e6 + (td.seconds + td.days * 24 * 3600) * 10**6) 6.3512960956e+16 You're multiplying the number seconds by a million - not a good idea ;-) -- nosy: +tim.peters ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18827 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
[issue18827] mistake in the timedelta.total_seconds docstring
Alexander Schier added the comment: Err, sorry my fault. Too late in the evening ;). I saw the division by one million, but not the multiplation by one million before. Additionally i was confused, because i expected that seconds are added to each other in the parenthesis. closing. -- resolution: - invalid status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue18827 ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
