email.utils

Miscellaneous utilities.

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Symbols in email.utils

c

collapse_rfc2231_value: When a header parameter is encoded in RFC 2231 format, Message.get_param() may return a 3-tuple containing the character set, language, and value.

d

decode_params: Decode parameters list according to RFC 2231.
decode_rfc2231: Decode string according to RFC 2231

e

encode_rfc2231: Encode string according to RFC 2231.

f

format_datetime: Turn a datetime into a date string as specified in RFC 2822.
formataddr: The inverse of parseaddr(), this takes a 2-tuple of the form (realname, email_address) and returns the string value suitable for an RFC 2822 From, To or Cc header.
formatdate: Returns a date string as specified by RFC 2822, e.g.:

g

getaddresses: Return a list of (REALNAME, EMAIL) or ('','') for each fieldvalue.

l

localtime: Return local time as an aware datetime object.

m

make_msgid: Returns a string suitable for RFC 2822 compliant Message-ID, e.g:
mktime_tz: Turn a 10-tuple as returned by parsedate_tz() into a POSIX timestamp.

p

parseaddr: Parse addr into its constituent realname and email address parts.
parsedate: Convert a time string to a time tuple.
parsedate_to_datetime: The inverse of format_datetime().
parsedate_tz: Convert a date string to a time tuple.

q

quote: Prepare string to be used in a quoted string.

u

unquote: Remove quotes from a string.