> I think this should be rejected.  The OP's premise was that
> t.timetuple()[7] was unreadable, but in the modern python, the same
> can be written as t.timetuple().tm_yday.

Could I suggest such example be added to the documentation, though?
The datetime / time jungle is difficult to navigate through, and I think
for most people it is not obvious that the answer to their needs is to
look at one of the attributes of the timetuple() result...