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| author | Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopolsky@gmail.com> | 2011-05-04 10:28:26 -0400 |
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| committer | Alexander Belopolsky <alexander.belopolsky@gmail.com> | 2011-05-04 10:28:26 -0400 |
| commit | 6d3c9a6893c0ba7e1f48534dfd2664d76bea7570 (patch) | |
| tree | f1636a458381d22e144b341a27ae171313b4b726 | |
| parent | 4e86d5b88d96305a31a3acae5cea53824f4e8d21 (diff) | |
| download | cpython-git-6d3c9a6893c0ba7e1f48534dfd2664d76bea7570.tar.gz | |
Mention that timezone is a subclass of tzinfo.
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1 files changed, 6 insertions, 5 deletions
diff --git a/Doc/library/datetime.rst b/Doc/library/datetime.rst index d53d4a612a..8371bde859 100644 --- a/Doc/library/datetime.rst +++ b/Doc/library/datetime.rst @@ -1577,11 +1577,12 @@ only EST (fixed offset -5 hours), or only EDT (fixed offset -4 hours)). :class:`timezone` Objects -------------------------- -A :class:`timezone` object represents a timezone that is defined by a -fixed offset from UTC. Note that objects of this class cannot be used -to represent timezone information in the locations where different -offsets are used in different days of the year or where historical -changes have been made to civil time. +The :class:`timezone` class is a subclass of :class:`tzinfo`, each +instance of which represents a timezone defined by a fixed offset from +UTC. Note that objects of this class cannot be used to represent +timezone information in the locations where different offsets are used +in different days of the year or where historical changes have been +made to civil time. .. class:: timezone(offset[, name]) |