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 Documentation
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+- Bug #1566663: remove obsolete example from datetime docs.
+
 - Bug #1541682: Fix example in the "Refcount details" API docs.
   Additionally, remove a faulty example showing PySequence_SetItem applied
   to a newly created list object and add notes that this isn't a good idea.