commit 34e566c3ef6be9956ca20e58f010ab8c8b2a6e54 Author: juga0 juga@riseup.net Date: Fri Sep 14 19:51:43 2018 +0000

Rephrase timestamps format --- CONTRIBUTING.rst | 10 ++++------ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/CONTRIBUTING.rst b/CONTRIBUTING.rst index b2b96eb..65a2349 100644 --- a/CONTRIBUTING.rst +++ b/CONTRIBUTING.rst @@ -93,6 +93,10 @@ Before release 1.0.0, some docstrigs do not have 3 double quotes ``"""``

New features should add a corresponding documentation.

+Timestamps must be in UTC. It is prefered to use ``datetime`` objects or +Unix timestamps. Timestamps read by the user should be always formatted in +`ISO 8601 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ISO_8601`_ + Git and GitHub Guidelines =========================

@@ -119,12 +123,6 @@ a branch, add a version suffix (for example: "_02"). Coding Guidelines =================

-**Strongly prefer Unix timestamps or datetime objects in UTC** and always -work in UTC for as long as possible. When reading/writing/manipulating results -from some period of time in the past, always err on the side of caution. For -example, open an extra file into the past just in case it happens to include -result lines that have timestamps that are still considered valid (of course, -ignore results in the file that are no longer valid).

**Document your addition, fix, change, or whatever in the changelog**. See `keep a changelog`_ for the standard we follow. Of note, add Added, Changed,