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<dl><dt><b><span class=
"typelabel">class
</span> <tt id='l2h-
1858' xml:id='l2h-
1858'
class=
"class">date
</tt></b>
An idealized naive date, assuming the current Gregorian calendar
always was, and always will be, in effect.
Attributes:
<tt class=
"member">year
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">month
</tt>, and
<tt class=
"member">day
</tt>.
<dl><dt><b><span class=
"typelabel">class
</span> <tt id='l2h-
1859' xml:id='l2h-
1859'
class=
"class">time
</tt></b>
An idealized time, independent of any particular day, assuming
that every day has exactly
24*
60*
60 seconds (there is no notion
Attributes:
<tt class=
"member">hour
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">minute
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">second
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">microsecond
</tt>, and
<tt class=
"member">tzinfo
</tt>.
<dl><dt><b><span class=
"typelabel">class
</span> <tt id='l2h-
1860' xml:id='l2h-
1860'
class=
"class">datetime
</tt></b>
A combination of a date and a time.
Attributes:
<tt class=
"member">year
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">month
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">day
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">hour
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">minute
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">second
</tt>,
<tt class=
"member">microsecond
</tt>, and
<tt class=
"member">tzinfo
</tt>.
<dl><dt><b><span class=
"typelabel">class
</span> <tt id='l2h-
1861' xml:id='l2h-
1861'
class=
"class">timedelta
</tt></b>
A duration expressing the difference between two
<tt class=
"class">date
</tt>,
<tt class=
"class">time
</tt>, or
<tt class=
"class">datetime
</tt> instances to microsecond
<dl><dt><b><span class=
"typelabel">class
</span> <tt id='l2h-
1862' xml:id='l2h-
1862'
class=
"class">tzinfo
</tt></b>
An abstract base class for time zone information objects. These
are used by the
<tt class=
"class">datetime
</tt> and
<tt class=
"class">time
</tt> classes to
provide a customizable notion of time adjustment (for example, to
account for time zone and/or daylight saving time).
Objects of these types are immutable.
Objects of the
<tt class=
"class">date
</tt> type are always naive.
An object
<var>d
</var> of type
<tt class=
"class">time
</tt> or
<tt class=
"class">datetime
</tt> may be
naive or aware.
<var>d
</var> is aware if
<code><var>d
</var>.tzinfo
</code> is not
<code>None
</code> and
<code><var>d
</var>.tzinfo.utcoffset(
<var>d
</var>)
</code> does not return
<code>None
</code>. If
<code><var>d
</var>.tzinfo
</code> is
<code>None
</code>, or if
<code><var>d
</var>.tzinfo
</code> is not
<code>None
</code> but
<code><var>d
</var>.tzinfo.utcoffset(
<var>d
</var>)
</code> returns
<code>None
</code>,
<var>d
</var>
The distinction between naive and aware doesn't apply to
<tt class=
"class">timedelta
</tt> objects.
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