Lance E Sloan wrote: > Hello, all. It's been quite some time since I've sent a message to the > Python tutor list. > > I would like to know if mxDateTime is still the recommended module to use > for date calculations. I've been using it for a few years with a set of > CGIs I had written. Should I continue to use that, or is there some other > "preferred" module I should use?
Since 2.3 Python includes a datetime module which has some facility for date calculations. I think mxDateTime is more sophisticated but if your needs are simple take a look at datetime. Kent > > I ask because recently the Webmasters have changed from a Solaris > environment to a Linux one. I recompiled the (very) old version of > mxDateTime I have and it works, but through a process of elimination, I > found that it is causing a segmentation fault as my program ends. That is, > it does all the date manipulation properly, but as the Python interpreter > terminates (due to a sys.exit() call, implicit end of program, or an error) > a segmentation fault happens. > > I suspect that I could correct this by building a newer version of > mxDateTime, but I just wanted to be sure that's what I should do before I > spend the time on it. > > Thanks in advance! > > -- > Lance E Sloan, Systems Research Programmer III > U-M WATS: Web Applications, Technologies, and Solutions > Full-service web and database design, development, and hosting. > http://www.itcs.umich.edu/wats/ - "Putting U on the Web" > > _______________________________________________ > Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org > http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor > > _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
