SourceForge bug #437041:

Use a portable format in the example that creates a timestamp suitable for
use in email, also updating it and the footnote from RFC 822 to RFC 2822.

diff --git a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
index d5e170b9a5cec563555738ae0c6db30e63313aa2..30cae459dad349fb66d5656b22582c41307ebf5f 100644 (file)
--- a/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
+++ b/Doc/lib/libtime.tex
@@ -230,19 +230,19 @@ Notes:
 \end{description}
 
 Here is an example, a format for dates compatible with that specified 
-in the \rfc{822} Internet email standard.
-       \footnote{The use of \%Z is now
-       deprecated, but the \%z escape that expands to the preferred 
+in the \rfc{2822} Internet email standard.
+       \footnote{The use of \code{\%Z} is now
+       deprecated, but the \code{\%z} escape that expands to the preferred 
        hour/minute offset is not supported by all ANSI C libraries. Also,
        a strict reading of the original 1982 \rfc{822} standard calls for
        a two-digit year (\%y rather than \%Y), but practice moved to
-       4-digit years long before the year 2000.}
+       4-digit years long before the year 2000.  The 4-digit year has
+        been mandated by \rfc{2822}, which obsoletes \rfc{822}.}
 
 \begin{verbatim}
->>> from time import *
->>> strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S %Z", localtime())
-'Sat, 27 Jan 2001 05:15:05 EST'
->>>
+>>> from time import gmtime, strftime
+>>> strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S +0000", gmtime())
+'Thu, 28 Jun 2001 14:17:15 +0000'
 \end{verbatim}
 
 Additional directives may be supported on certain platforms, but