diff Modules/datetimemodule.c @ 34191:cd4dd6dd9721 2.4

Bug #1087216: datetime module documentation missing critical detail
author Raymond Hettinger <python@rcn.com>
date Sun, 19 Dec 2004 20:16:57 +0000
parents abbdbba56a8b
children 1d3081cb3ea6 563cbf4d6be4
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--- a/Modules/datetimemodule.c	Sat Dec 18 21:08:11 2004 +0000
+++ b/Modules/datetimemodule.c	Sun Dec 19 20:16:57 2004 +0000
@@ -2659,7 +2659,7 @@
 };
 
 static char date_doc[] =
-PyDoc_STR("Basic date type.");
+PyDoc_STR("date(year, month, day) --> date object");
 
 static PyNumberMethods date_as_number = {
 	date_add,					/* nb_add */
@@ -3431,7 +3431,10 @@
 };
 
 static char time_doc[] =
-PyDoc_STR("Time type.");
+PyDoc_STR("time([hour[, minute[, second[, microsecond[, tzinfo]]]]]) --> a time object\n\
+\n\
+All arguments are optional. tzinfo may be None, or an instance of\n\
+a tzinfo subclass. The remaining arguments may be ints or longs.\n");
 
 static PyNumberMethods time_as_number = {
 	0,					/* nb_add */
@@ -4468,7 +4471,10 @@
 };
 
 static char datetime_doc[] =
-PyDoc_STR("date/time type.");
+PyDoc_STR("datetime(year, month, day[, hour[, minute[, second[, microsecond[,tzinfo]]]]])\n\
+\n\
+The year, month and day arguments are required. tzinfo may be None, or an\n\
+instance of a tzinfo subclass. The remaining arguments may be ints or longs.\n");
 
 static PyNumberMethods datetime_as_number = {
 	datetime_add,				/* nb_add */