On 04/02/2018 02:56 AM, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: > On 02/04/18 04:19, Steven D'Aprano wrote: >> On Sun, Apr 01, 2018 at 10:58:51PM +0100, Alan Gauld via Tutor wrote: >>> On01/04/18 20:20, Albert-Jan Roskam wrote: >>>> fmt="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M\n" >>>> f.write(now.strftime(fmt)) >>>> Lately I've been using format(), which uses __format__, because I find it >>>> slightly more readable: >>>> format(datetime.now(), "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M") >>> Interesting, >>> I didn't know that format() recognised the datetime format codes. >> It doesn't. It is the datetime object that recognises them. format() >> merely passes the format string to the datetime.__format__ method, which >> is what recognises the codes. It doesn't care what it is. > Aha! That makes sense. I've never really used format() so have never > bothered to find out how it works. To the point that until this thread I > hadn't realized we even had a __format__() operator. > > As I said, I need to do some reading. Obviously a gap in my python > education. >
so since we're all learning things here, how would this play out with the new f-strings? _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: https://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
