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gh-88994: Change datetime.now to half-even rounding for consistency with datetime.fromtimestamp. #134258

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Change `datetime.now` to half-even rounding for consistency with `dat…
jhohm May 19, 2025
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📜🤖 Added by blurb_it.
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Fix func references in NEWS blurb to qualify `datetime` module contents.
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Add jhohm to ACKS and note as author of patch
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Conform to PEP 7 on changed line.
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1 change: 1 addition & 0 deletions Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2025-05-19-18-12-42.gh-issue-88994.7avvVu.rst
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Change :func:`datetime.now` to half-even rounding for consistency with :func:`datetime.fromtimestamp`.
2 changes: 1 addition & 1 deletion Modules/_datetimemodule.c
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Expand Up @@ -5539,7 +5539,7 @@ datetime_best_possible(PyObject *cls, TM_FUNC f, PyObject *tzinfo)
time_t secs;
int us;

if (_PyTime_AsTimevalTime_t(ts, &secs, &us, _PyTime_ROUND_FLOOR) < 0)
if (_PyTime_AsTimevalTime_t(ts, &secs, &us, _PyTime_ROUND_HALF_EVEN) < 0)
return NULL;
assert(0 <= us && us <= 999999);

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