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Python 2.x will no longer be supported after 1 Jan 2020. Python 2 reaches end of life in January 2020, and will no longer receive security updates. This page has resources to help with porting applications still running Python 2 to Python 3.

Writing code that runs under both Python2 and 3

Please note that Python 2.x will no longer be supported nor maintained after 1 January 2020. If you need additional support in porting existing 2.x code to 3.x, please see the resources available here.

Historical Information

For historical information that may be useful in porting or maintaining remaining Python 2 systems, please see previous page revisions.

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