Simple Date class.
 
Synopsis:
 
{{
   # get the current date
   d = Date()
   d = Date(now = 1)
   
   # get 2/12/1999
   d = Date(year = 1999, month = 2, day = 12)
   
   # get 2/12/1999 from a string
   d = Date(stdfmt = '2/12/99')
   d = Date(stdfmt = '2/12/1999')
   
   # get a date from the current timeval
   d = Date(time = time.time())
   
   # get a date infinitely far in the future or past
   d = Date(foreverPast = 1)
   d = Date(foreverFuture = 1)
}}

Modules
		time re string time

Classes
		exceptions.Exception(exceptions.BaseException) util.Date.DateParseError util.Date.Date   class Date     A date may be any date (including forever into the past and forever into the future).   A date is assumed to be immutable - multiple entities may safely refer to the same date.  For this reason, there are no "set" methods.   Public data members: /time/::     Internal representation of the date - seconds since the beginning of     the epoch.  *Don't modify this.*          This attribute used to contain the internal representation, but now     it is a _pseudo-attribute_: it is computed upon demand.      This class includes a number of class variables for symbolic constants: *sunday*, *monday*, *tuesday*, *wednesday*, *thursday*, *friday*,  *saturday*, *january*, *february*, *march*, *april*, *may*, *june*,  *july*, *august*, *september*, *october*, *november*, *december*.     Methods defined here: __add__(self, days) Returns a new date consisting of the given date plus /days/. __cmp__(self, other) Allows us to use the comparison operators on dates. __getattr__(self, attr) Provides the transparent computation of the time attribute. __init__(self, time=0, stdfmt='', other=None, year=0, month=0, day=0, foreverPast=0, foreverFuture=0, now=0) __setstate__(self, dict) Allows conversion from old-style representation. __str__(self) Returns the date formatted in the new standard format. __sub__(self, other) Returns the difference (in days) between two dates.  A day is assumed to be 86400 seconds.   If /other/ is not a date, but is a number, a new date is returned that is /other/ days before /self/. dst(self) Returns true if daylight savings time is in effect for this date, false if not. format(self, formatStr) Returns the date and time formated using the strftime function. formatNewStd(self) Returns a string consisting of the receiver formatted as `mm/dd/yyyy` formatShort(self) Returns a string consisting of the receiver formatted as mmddyy formatStd(self) Returns a string consisting of the receiver formatted as `mm/dd/yy` getDay(self) Returns the day of the month. getDayOfWeek(self) Returns the current day of the week as a number. getMonth(self) Returns the month getYear(self) Returns the year. last(self, weekday) Returns a new date which is the given /weekday/ immediately prior to the date of /self/.  If /self/s date falls on that weekday, returns a copy of /self/. next(self, weekday) Returns a new date which is the given /weekday/ following the date of  /self/.  If /self/s date falls on that weekday, returns a copy of /self/. ymd(self) Returns a tuple consisting of the year, month, and day. Data and other attributes defined here: april = 4 august = 8 december = 12 february = 2 friday = 5 january = 1 july = 7 june = 6 march = 3 may = 5 monday = 1 november = 11 october = 10 saturday = 6 september = 9 sunday = 0 thursday = 4 tuesday = 2 wednesday = 3   class DateParseError(exceptions.Exception)     Exception thrown when date is of bad format     Method resolution order: DateParseError exceptions.Exception exceptions.BaseException __builtin__.object Data descriptors defined here: __weakref__ list of weak references to the object (if defined) Methods inherited from exceptions.Exception: __init__(...) x.__init__(...) initializes x; see x.__class__.__doc__ for signature Data and other attributes inherited from exceptions.Exception: __new__ = <built-in method __new__ of type object at 0x8140ce0> T.__new__(S, ...) -> a new object with type S, a subtype of T Methods inherited from exceptions.BaseException: __delattr__(...) x.__delattr__('name') <==> del x.name __getattribute__(...) x.__getattribute__('name') <==> x.name __getitem__(...) x.__getitem__(y) <==> x[y] __getslice__(...) x.__getslice__(i, j) <==> x[i:j]   Use of negative indices is not supported. __reduce__(...) __repr__(...) x.__repr__() <==> repr(x) __setattr__(...) x.__setattr__('name', value) <==> x.name = value __setstate__(...) __str__(...) x.__str__() <==> str(x) Data descriptors inherited from exceptions.BaseException: __dict__ args message exception message

Data
		MAXFLOAT = 1.7976000000000001e+308 MINFLOAT = -1.7976000000000001e+308