>time.strftime %T missing in 2.3

[Andy Leszczynski]

Python 2.2/Unix

time.strftime("%T") '22:12:15'time.strftime("%X") '22:12:17'

Python 2.3/Windows
time.strftime("%X") '22:12:47' time.strftime("%T")

''

Any clues?

A.

[Robert Kern]

Andy Leszczynski wrote:

Python 2.2/Unix

>>time.strftime("%T") '22:12:15' >>time.strftime("%X") '22:12:17'

Python 2.3/Windows
>>time.strftime("%X") '22:12:47' >> time.strftime("%T") ''

From http://docs.python.org/lib/node252.html

"""The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms,
because Python calls the platform C library's strftime() function, and
platform variations are common."""

So I suggest that it's a platform issue, not a Python version issue. FWIW:

Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 31 2005, 00:05:10)
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

import time
time.strftime("%T") '22:50:49' time.strftime("%X")

'22:50:59'

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[Andy Leszczynski]

Robert Kern wrote:

Andy Leszczynski wrote:

Python 2.2/Unix

>>time.strftime("%T")

'22:12:15'

>>time.strftime("%X")

'22:12:17'

Python 2.3/Windows

>>time.strftime("%X")

'22:12:47'

>> time.strftime("%T")

''

From http://docs.python.org/lib/node252.html

"""The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms,
because Python calls the platform C library's strftime() function, and
platform variations are common."""

So I suggest that it's a platform issue, not a Python version issue. FWIW:

Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 31 2005, 00:05:10)
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> import time
>>> time.strftime("%T") '22:50:49' >>> time.strftime("%X")

'22:50:59'

I accept that, but still pain. Took me a while to filter out the problem
in the code running on the Unix and not on M$.

A.

[Michael Hoffman]

Andy Leszczynski wrote:

I accept that, but still pain. Took me a while to filter out the problem
in the code running on the Unix and not on M$.

This is one of the reasons I usually use Cygwin Python when I can. Stuff
is much less likely to mysteriously break when moving from UNIX to
Cygwin then from UNIX to Windows.
--
Michael Hoffman

[Jorgen Grahn]

On Fri, 05 Aug 2005 01:02:48 -0500, Andy Leszczynski <leszczynscyATnospam.yahoo.com.nospam> wrote:

Robert Kern wrote:

Andy Leszczynski wrote:

Python 2.2/Unix

>>time.strftime("%T")
'22:12:15'
>>time.strftime("%X")
'22:12:17'

Python 2.3/Windows

>>time.strftime("%X")
'22:12:47'
>> time.strftime("%T")
''

From http://docs.python.org/lib/node252.html

"""The full set of format codes supported varies across platforms,
because Python calls the platform C library's strftime() function, and
platform variations are common."""

So I suggest that it's a platform issue, not a Python version issue. FWIW:

Python 2.4.1 (#2, Mar 31 2005, 00:05:10)
[GCC 3.3 20030304 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 1666)] on darwin
Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.

>>> import time
>>> time.strftime("%T")

'22:50:49'

>>> time.strftime("%X")

'22:50:59'

I accept that, but still pain. Took me a while to filter out the problem
in the code running on the Unix and not on M$.

I can imagine ...

By the way, you should probably /not/ change %T to %X.

%T (standardized in the Singe Unix Specification) is the same thing as ANSI
C %H:%M:%S which should be usable everywhere. %X on the other hand is "The
preferred time representation for the current locale without the date".
Not the same thing at all, for some users.

/Jorgen

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