@@ -48,7 +48,7 @@ Aware and Naive Objects
4848-----------------------
4949
5050Date and time objects may be categorized as "aware" or "naive" depending on
51- whether or not they include timezone information.
51+ whether or not they include time zone information.
5252
5353With sufficient knowledge of applicable algorithmic and political time
5454adjustments, such as time zone and daylight saving time information,
@@ -58,7 +58,7 @@ interpretation. [#]_
5858
5959A **naive ** object does not contain enough information to unambiguously locate
6060itself relative to other date/time objects. Whether a naive object represents
61- Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), local time, or time in some other timezone is
61+ Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), local time, or time in some other time zone is
6262purely up to the program, just like it is up to the program whether a
6363particular number represents metres, miles, or mass. Naive objects are easy to
6464understand and to work with, at the cost of ignoring some aspects of reality.
@@ -70,9 +70,9 @@ These :class:`tzinfo` objects capture information about the offset from UTC
7070time, the time zone name, and whether daylight saving time is in effect.
7171
7272Only one concrete :class: `tzinfo ` class, the :class: `timezone ` class, is
73- supplied by the :mod: `!datetime ` module. The :class: `timezone ` class can
74- represent simple timezones with fixed offsets from UTC, such as UTC itself or
75- North American EST and EDT timezones . Supporting timezones at deeper levels of
73+ supplied by the :mod: `!datetime ` module. The :class: `! timezone ` class can
74+ represent simple time zones with fixed offsets from UTC, such as UTC itself or
75+ North American EST and EDT time zones . Supporting time zones at deeper levels of
7676detail is up to the application. The rules for time adjustment across the
7777world are more political than rational, change frequently, and there is no
7878standard suitable for every application aside from UTC.
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ The :mod:`!datetime` module exports the following constants:
9595
9696.. attribute :: UTC
9797
98- Alias for the UTC timezone singleton :attr: `datetime.timezone.utc `.
98+ Alias for the UTC time zone singleton :attr: `datetime.timezone.utc `.
9999
100100 .. versionadded :: 3.11
101101
@@ -869,7 +869,7 @@ Other constructors, all class methods:
869869
870870.. classmethod :: datetime.today()
871871
872- Return the current local datetime , with :attr: `.tzinfo ` ``None ``.
872+ Return the current local date and time , with :attr: `.tzinfo ` ``None ``.
873873
874874 Equivalent to::
875875
@@ -1070,7 +1070,7 @@ Other constructors, all class methods:
10701070 Return a :class: `.datetime ` corresponding to *date_string *, parsed according to
10711071 *format *.
10721072
1073- If *format * does not contain microseconds or timezone information, this is equivalent to::
1073+ If *format * does not contain microseconds or time zone information, this is equivalent to::
10741074
10751075 datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string, format)[0:6]))
10761076
@@ -1311,22 +1311,22 @@ Instance methods:
13111311
13121312 If provided, *tz * must be an instance of a :class: `tzinfo ` subclass, and its
13131313 :meth: `utcoffset ` and :meth: `dst ` methods must not return ``None ``. If *self *
1314- is naive, it is presumed to represent time in the system timezone .
1314+ is naive, it is presumed to represent time in the system time zone .
13151315
13161316 If called without arguments (or with ``tz=None ``) the system local
1317- timezone is assumed for the target timezone . The ``.tzinfo `` attribute of the converted
1317+ time zone is assumed for the target time zone . The ``.tzinfo `` attribute of the converted
13181318 datetime instance will be set to an instance of :class: `timezone `
13191319 with the zone name and offset obtained from the OS.
13201320
13211321 If ``self.tzinfo `` is *tz *, ``self.astimezone(tz) `` is equal to *self *: no
13221322 adjustment of date or time data is performed. Else the result is local
1323- time in the timezone *tz *, representing the same UTC time as *self *: after
1323+ time in the time zone *tz *, representing the same UTC time as *self *: after
13241324 ``astz = dt.astimezone(tz) ``, ``astz - astz.utcoffset() `` will have
13251325 the same date and time data as ``dt - dt.utcoffset() ``.
13261326
1327- If you merely want to attach a time zone object *tz * to a datetime *dt * without
1327+ If you merely want to attach a :class: ` timezone ` object *tz * to a datetime *dt * without
13281328 adjustment of date and time data, use ``dt.replace(tzinfo=tz) ``. If you
1329- merely want to remove the time zone object from an aware datetime *dt * without
1329+ merely want to remove the :class: ` !timezone ` object from an aware datetime *dt * without
13301330 conversion of date and time data, use ``dt.replace(tzinfo=None) ``.
13311331
13321332 Note that the default :meth: `tzinfo.fromutc ` method can be overridden in a
@@ -1336,7 +1336,7 @@ Instance methods:
13361336 def astimezone(self, tz):
13371337 if self.tzinfo is tz:
13381338 return self
1339- # Convert self to UTC, and attach the new time zone object.
1339+ # Convert self to UTC, and attach the new timezone object.
13401340 utc = (self - self.utcoffset()).replace(tzinfo=tz)
13411341 # Convert from UTC to tz's local time.
13421342 return tz.fromutc(utc)
@@ -1450,7 +1450,7 @@ Instance methods:
14501450
14511451 There is no method to obtain the POSIX timestamp directly from a
14521452 naive :class: `.datetime ` instance representing UTC time. If your
1453- application uses this convention and your system timezone is not
1453+ application uses this convention and your system time zone is not
14541454 set to UTC, you can obtain the POSIX timestamp by supplying
14551455 ``tzinfo=timezone.utc ``::
14561456
@@ -2021,7 +2021,7 @@ Examples of working with a :class:`.time` object::
20212021 supply implementations of the standard :class: `tzinfo ` methods needed by the
20222022 :class: `.datetime ` methods you use. The :mod: `!datetime ` module provides
20232023 :class: `timezone `, a simple concrete subclass of :class: `tzinfo ` which can
2024- represent timezones with fixed offset from UTC such as UTC itself or North
2024+ represent time zones with fixed offset from UTC such as UTC itself or North
20252025 American EST and EDT.
20262026
20272027 Special requirement for pickling: A :class: `tzinfo ` subclass must have an
@@ -2146,7 +2146,7 @@ When a :class:`.datetime` object is passed in response to a :class:`.datetime`
21462146method, ``dt.tzinfo `` is the same object as *self *. :class: `tzinfo ` methods can
21472147rely on this, unless user code calls :class: `tzinfo ` methods directly. The
21482148intent is that the :class: `tzinfo ` methods interpret *dt * as being in local
2149- time, and not need worry about objects in other timezones .
2149+ time, and not need worry about objects in other time zones .
21502150
21512151There is one more :class: `tzinfo ` method that a subclass may wish to override:
21522152
@@ -2263,12 +2263,12 @@ only EST (fixed offset -5 hours), or only EDT (fixed offset -4 hours)).
22632263 :mod: `zoneinfo `
22642264 The :mod: `!datetime ` module has a basic :class: `timezone ` class (for
22652265 handling arbitrary fixed offsets from UTC) and its :attr: `timezone.utc `
2266- attribute (a UTC timezone instance).
2266+ attribute (a UTC :class: ` ! timezone` instance).
22672267
2268- ``zoneinfo `` brings the *IANA timezone database * (also known as the Olson
2268+ ``zoneinfo `` brings the *IANA time zone database * (also known as the Olson
22692269 database) to Python, and its usage is recommended.
22702270
2271- `IANA timezone database <https://www.iana.org/time-zones >`_
2271+ `IANA time zone database <https://www.iana.org/time-zones >`_
22722272 The Time Zone Database (often called tz, tzdata or zoneinfo) contains code
22732273 and data that represent the history of local time for many representative
22742274 locations around the globe. It is updated periodically to reflect changes
@@ -2282,10 +2282,10 @@ only EST (fixed offset -5 hours), or only EDT (fixed offset -4 hours)).
22822282-------------------------
22832283
22842284The :class: `timezone ` class is a subclass of :class: `tzinfo `, each
2285- instance of which represents a timezone defined by a fixed offset from
2285+ instance of which represents a time zone defined by a fixed offset from
22862286UTC.
22872287
2288- Objects of this class cannot be used to represent timezone information in the
2288+ Objects of this class cannot be used to represent time zone information in the
22892289locations where different offsets are used in different days of the year or
22902290where historical changes have been made to civil time.
22912291
@@ -2346,7 +2346,7 @@ Class attributes:
23462346
23472347.. attribute :: timezone.utc
23482348
2349- The UTC timezone , ``timezone(timedelta(0)) ``.
2349+ The UTC time zone , ``timezone(timedelta(0)) ``.
23502350
23512351
23522352.. index ::
@@ -2555,7 +2555,7 @@ Using ``datetime.strptime(date_string, format)`` is equivalent to::
25552555
25562556 datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string, format)[0:6]))
25572557
2558- except when the format includes sub-second components or timezone offset
2558+ except when the format includes sub-second components or time zone offset
25592559information, which are supported in ``datetime.strptime `` but are discarded by
25602560``time.strptime ``.
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