Package pyxmpp2 :: Module utils

Module utils

Utility functions for the pyxmpp package.

Functions

bool

xml_elements_equal(element1, element2, ignore_level1_cdata=False)
Check if two XML elements are equal.

datetime_utc_to_local(utc)
An ugly hack to convert naive datetime.datetime object containing UTC time to a naive datetime.datetime object with local time.

datetime_local_to_utc(local)
Simple function to convert naive datetime.datetime object containing local time to a naive datetime.datetime object with UTC time.

Variables

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_MINUTE = datetime.timedelta(0, 60)

_NULLDELTA = datetime.timedelta(0)

Function Details

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xml_elements_equal(element1, element2, ignore_level1_cdata=False)

Check if two XML elements are equal.

Parameters:

element1 (ElementTree.Element) - the first element to compare
element2 (ElementTree.Element) - the other element to compare
ignore_level1_cdata (bool) - if direct text children of the elements should be ignored for the comparision

Returns: bool

datetime_utc_to_local(utc)

An ugly hack to convert naive datetime.datetime object containing UTC time to a naive datetime.datetime object with local time. It seems standard Python 2.3 library doesn't provide any better way to do that.