cpython/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-10-09-17-07-33.gh-issue-52551.PBakSY.rst

Fix encoding issues in :func:`time.strftime`, the
:meth:`~datetime.datetime.strftime` method of the :mod:`datetime` classes
:class:`~datetime.datetime`, :class:`~datetime.date` and
:class:`~datetime.time` and formatting of these classes. Characters not
encodable in the current locale are now acceptable in the format string.
Surrogate pairs and sequence of surrogatescape-encoded bytes are no longer
recombinated. Embedded null character no longer terminates the format
string.
gh-52551: Fix encoding issues in strftime() (GH-125193) Fix time.strftime(), the strftime() method and formatting of the datetime classes datetime, date and time. * Characters not encodable in the current locale are now acceptable in the format string. * Surrogate pairs and sequence of surrogatescape-encoded bytes are no longer recombinated. * Embedded null character no longer terminates the format string. This fixes also gh-78662 and gh-124531. 2024-10-17 17:46:59 +02:00			Fix encoding issues in :func:`time.strftime`, the
			:meth:`~datetime.datetime.strftime` method of the :mod:`datetime` classes
			:class:`~datetime.datetime`, :class:`~datetime.date` and
			:class:`~datetime.time` and formatting of these classes. Characters not
			`encodable in the current locale are now acceptable in the format string.`
			`Surrogate pairs and sequence of surrogatescape-encoded bytes are no longer`
			`recombinated. Embedded null character no longer terminates the format`
			`string.`