Task #2098
Feature #1764: Finalize dataoneTypes schema for public release
Types.DateTime: Correction related to Python implementation
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Description
This paragraph is not really correct: Implemented in Python using the datetime.datetime class, which is also used for serialization and deserialization through Pyxb.
PyXB serializes and deserializes to the XML DateTime format and not all of our Types.DateTime formats conform to the XML DateTime (which is another ISO8601 subset). So, on the Python side, we use datetime.datetime just to represent datetimes internally and a library called iso8601 to serialize and deserialize to Types.DateTime and PyXB for the XML representation.
So, I think we should include something stating that not all serializations of Types.DateTime that we support are compatible with XML DateTime, and I don't think we need to mention datetime.datetime for Python, that's just an implementation specific internal representation. But it may be useful to point people towards the iso8601 library and PyXB for handling Types.DateTime in Python.
History
#1 Updated by Matthew Jones almost 13 years ago
- Status changed from New to Closed
- % Done changed from 0 to 100
Updated DatTime docs to properly refelct our decision to use two DateTime syntax representations in different scenarios:
-- in XML and URLs, use XML Schema xs:dateTime compliant values
-- in HTTP headers, use HTTP Full DateTime format (RFC 1123)
