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49 changes: 47 additions & 2 deletions Doc/c-api/datetime.rst
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Expand Up @@ -8,11 +8,43 @@ DateTime Objects
Various date and time objects are supplied by the :mod:`datetime` module.
Before using any of these functions, the header file :file:`datetime.h` must be
included in your source (note that this is not included by :file:`Python.h`),
and the macro :c:macro:`!PyDateTime_IMPORT` must be invoked, usually as part of
and the macro :c:macro:`PyDateTime_IMPORT` must be invoked, usually as part of
the module initialisation function. The macro puts a pointer to a C structure
into a static variable, :c:data:`!PyDateTimeAPI`, that is used by the following
into a static variable, :c:data:`PyDateTimeAPI`, that is used by the following
macros.

.. c:macro:: PyDateTime_IMPORT()

Import the datetime C API.

On success, populate the :c:var:`PyDateTimeAPI` pointer.

On failure, set :c:var:`PyDateTimeAPI` to ``NULL`` and set an exception.
The caller must check if an error occurred via :c:func:`PyErr_Occurred`:

.. code-block::

PyDateTime_IMPORT;
if (PyErr_Occurred()) { /* cleanup */ }

.. warning::

This is not compatible with subinterpreters.

.. c:type:: PyDateTime_CAPI

Structure containing the fields for the datetime C API.

The fields of this structure are private and subject to change.

Do not use this directly; prefer ``PyDateTime_*`` APIs instead.

.. c:var:: PyDateTime_CAPI *PyDateTimeAPI

Dynamically allocated object containing the datetime C API.

This variable is only available once :c:macro:`PyDateTime_IMPORT` succeeds.

.. c:type:: PyDateTime_Date

This subtype of :c:type:`PyObject` represents a Python date object.
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Create and return a new :class:`datetime.date` object given an argument
tuple suitable for passing to :meth:`datetime.date.fromtimestamp`.


Internal data
-------------

The following symbols are exposed by the C API but should be considered
internal-only.

.. c:macro:: PyDateTime_CAPSULE_NAME

Name of the datetime capsule to pass to :c:func:`PyCapsule_Import`.

Internal usage only. Use :c:macro:`PyDateTime_IMPORT` instead.
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