On Thu, Mar 27, 2014 at 10:25 PM, Johannes Bauer <dfnsonfsdu...@gmx.de> wrote: > And it makes it extremely error-prone to the reader: > >>>> str(datetime.timedelta(0, -1)) > '-1 day, 23:59:59' > > This looks MUCH more like "almost two days ago" than > > '-00:00:01' > > does.
It's easy when the timedelta is >-1 day. Is it as clear when it's further negative? In any case... what I'd suggest would be opening a tracker issue, or discussing this on python-ideas, and seeing what core devs think of the matter. I think that, on balance, it's probably better to show the whole thing with the same sign; but should it be: >>> str(datetime.timedelta(-1, -1)) '-1 day, 00:00:01' or should the hyphen be repeated: >>> str(datetime.timedelta(-1, -1)) '-1 day, -00:00:01' ? How does it read in a larger expression? All this bikeshedding, and more, available gratis on python-ideas. :) ChrisA -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
