Thank you Danny
On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 2:36 PM, Danny Yoo <[email protected]> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 25, 2013 at 12:31 AM, Sunil Tech <[email protected]> > wrote: > > I want to know, what difference is in between *mxDateTime & datetime of >> python?* >> looking for your comments... >> > > > According to the mxDateTime web site, it provides a compatible interface > to the standard library's version. > > http://www.egenix.com/products/python/mxBase/mxDateTime/ > > > I'm trying to remember the history of things, but unfortunately my memory > can't be trusted. But I believe mxDateTime was developed first, and > influenced the design of the standard library's version. > > > I'm trying to see if I can find supporting evidence for this guess... ok, > the one in the standard library came in July 2003, according to: > > > http://docs.python.org/release/2.3/whatsnew/node18.html#SECTION0001810000000000000000 > > We can do a few more searches to see that references to mxDateTime did > exist before then. > > For example, here's a reference from back in April 1999: > > http://code.activestate.com/lists/python-list/208/ > > > We can also see that the developer, M.-A. Lemburg, worked to get things > compatible between the two implementations: > > https://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/2003-January/032100.html > > > So that should help explain why there are two libraries out there with the > same interface. >
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