[issue24517] %z does not work in time.strftime()

2015-06-26 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: Yes, but the Microsoft C runtime doesn't use that interface, and it is currently the C runtime that we use to implement strftime. This could change, but that's an enhancement. See issue 3173 for example. -- ___

[issue24517] %z does not work in time.strftime()

2015-06-26 Thread dendory
New submission from dendory: Using `%z` gives the same result as using `%Z` in `time.strftime()`: Python 3.4.3 (v3.4.3:9b73f1c3e601, Feb 24 2015, 22:43:06) [MSC v.1600 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 Type help, copyright, credits or license for more information. import time

[issue24517] %z does not work in time.strftime()

2015-06-26 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray added the comment: That's a platform peculiarity. See issue 20281. -- nosy: +r.david.murray resolution: - duplicate stage: - resolved status: open - closed superseder: - time.strftime %z format specifier is the same as %Z ___

[issue24517] %z does not work in time.strftime()

2015-06-26 Thread dendory
dendory added the comment: Uh? But that's completely besides the point. Windows provides timezone offset information in a different way than Linux does (through the Registry) but it's still available. It's trivial to do in .NET for example: