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bpo-9004: Recommend against using utctimetuple in the docs. #10870

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bpo-9004: Recommend against using utctimetuple in the docs. #10870

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7 changes: 6 additions & 1 deletion 7 Doc/library/datetime.rst
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Expand Up @@ -742,6 +742,8 @@ Other constructors, all class methods:
If *tz* is not ``None``, it must be an instance of a :class:`tzinfo` subclass, and the
current date and time are converted to *tz*’s time zone. In this case the
result is equivalent to ``tz.fromutc(datetime.utcnow().replace(tzinfo=tz))``.
It is recommended to create aware datetime object for current UTC time by

@nanjekyejoannah nanjekyejoannah Mar 11, 2019

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Am not a native english speaker but shouldn't this "It is recommended to create aware datetime object " be "It is recommended to create an aware datetime object for current" or "be "It is recommended to create aware datetime objects for current"

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Am not a native english speaker neither but I'd propose:

The recommended way to create aware datetime object for the current time in UTC is ...

calling ``datetime.now(timezone.utc)``.
See also :meth:`today`, :meth:`utcnow`.


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of the result is set according to the :meth:`dst` method: :attr:`.tzinfo` is
``None`` or :meth:`dst` returns ``None``, :attr:`tm_isdst` is set to ``-1``;
else if :meth:`dst` returns a non-zero value, :attr:`tm_isdst` is set to ``1``;
else :attr:`tm_isdst` is set to ``0``.
else :attr:`tm_isdst` is set to ``0``. To obtain UTC timetuple, it is
recommended to use ``datetime.astimezone(timezone.utc).timetuple()`` because
unlike :meth:`utctimetuple` method, :meth:`timetuple` method does not force
:attr:`tm_isdst` to ``0``.


.. method:: datetime.utctimetuple()
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