On Wednesday, March 25, 2015 at 2:17:03 PM UTC-7, Jinghui Niu wrote: > I am learning python programming. One thing that gives me a lot of confusion > is the division of labours between the time module and the datetime module. > > As it turns out to be, time module is not only about time, it's about date > too. And datetime doesn't natively support timezone, you have to create one > for yourself. > > Why duplicate datetime module? What is the design rationale between this > division? Can't we just have one unified module that deals with dates and > times? Could someone please list some situations where the two modules are > actually useful in their own ways respectively? > > Explanation with not too much jargon is highly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Thank you all very much for such a great explanation. I have a follow-up question here: what is the best practice in dealing with repeating date/time? I see neither date module nore datetime module natively supports such datatype right now. Thanks. -- https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
