New submission from Joan <aseq...@gmail.com>:
In the documentation at https://docs.python.org/3.9/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior there's an omission of one of the modifiers that can be add to the strftime parameters (O and E) Quoting from http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man3/strftime.3.html Some conversion specifications can be modified by preceding the conversion specifier character by the E or O modifier to indicate that an alternative format should be used. If the alternative format or specification does not exist for the current locale, the behavior will be as if the unmodified conversion specification were used. (SU) The Single UNIX Specification mentions %Ec, %EC, %Ex, %EX, %Ey, %EY, %Od, %Oe, %OH, %OI, %Om, %OM, %OS, %Ou, %OU, %OV, %Ow, %OW, %Oy, where the effect of the O modifier is to use alternative numeric symbols (say, roman numerals), and that of the E modifier is to use a locale-dependent alternative representation. The modifier works as expected for the O modifier returning the values defined in ab_alt_mon and alt_mon from the locale (instead of the ones defined in abmon and mon. I haven't been able to get any results with the E modifier (might not be yet defined in any locale) A small snippet of code to see the difference: import locale from datetime import datetime locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'ca_AD.utf8') locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'ca_ES.utf8') now = datetime.now() # current date and time date_time = now.strftime("|%Ob|%b|||%OB|%B|") print("date and time:",date_time) ---------- assignee: docs@python components: Documentation messages: 352816 nosy: aseques, docs@python priority: normal severity: normal status: open title: Missing documentation on strftime modifier O type: enhancement versions: Python 3.9 _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <https://bugs.python.org/issue38228> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com
