[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-10-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Alexander Belopolsky belopol...@users.sourceforge.net added the comment: The original bug report is invalid and the documentation issue is a duplicate of #8913. -- nosy: +belopolsky resolution: - duplicate superseder: - Document that datetime.__format__ is datetime.strftime

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-10-04 Thread Alexander Belopolsky
Changes by Alexander Belopolsky belopol...@users.sourceforge.net: -- status: open - closed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7789 ___

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread JordanS
New submission from JordanS jps...@mun.ca: format() cannot handle datetime.DateTime objects, returns the format_spec instead, without applying formatting to it, perhaps default behaviour in case of unknown type. Different modifications, ie: using str.format() syntax produce same behaviour.

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread Brian Curtin
Changes by Brian Curtin cur...@acm.org: -- components: +Library (Lib) -2to3 (2.x to 3.0 conversion tool) priority: - normal stage: - test needed ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7789

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread JordanS
JordanS jps...@mun.ca added the comment: sorry, first time posting anything like this: versions: Python 2.6.4 (r264:75708, Oct 26 2009, 08:23:19) [MSC v.1500 32 bit (Intel)] on win32 -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread Eric Smith
Eric Smith e...@trueblade.com added the comment: datetime.datetime passes its format string to strftime: import datetime x = datetime.datetime(2001, 1, 2, 3, 4) x.strftime('%Y-%m-%d') '2001-01-02' '{0:%Y-%m-%d}'.format(x) '2001-01-02' I'll check to make sure this is documented. --

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread R. David Murray
R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment: If it is, it isn't any place obvious. I thought I remembered something about using strftime strings in format, but when I looked in the docs for datetime and the section on the format mini language I couldn't find it, so I ended up

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread Eric Smith
Eric Smith e...@trueblade.com added the comment: I don't think this is documented (that I can find, at least), so I'll assign it to Georg. I think the correct thing to do is something like this, in the datetime, date, and time object descriptions: date.__format__(fmt) For a date d,

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread Eric Smith
Eric Smith e...@trueblade.com added the comment: The documentation for this belongs in the mini-language specification, since that just address built-in types. Each type can define its own format specification language. So I think adding documentation of __format__ to each non-builtin type

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread Eric Smith
Eric Smith e...@trueblade.com added the comment: Eric Smith wrote: The documentation for this belongs in the mini-language specification, ... Oops. does NOT belong in the mini-language specification. -- ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org

[issue7789] Issue using datetime with format()

2010-01-26 Thread Eric Smith
Changes by Eric Smith e...@trueblade.com: -- assignee: eric.smith - georg.brandl nosy: +georg.brandl ___ Python tracker rep...@bugs.python.org http://bugs.python.org/issue7789 ___