Martin Panter added the comment: The C "_datetime" implementation seems to handle this as documented. But either way, the "timedelta" range is greater than the "datetime" range, so it seems to be just a difference in OverflowError messages, not a big practical problem:
Python "datetime" implementation: >>> import sys >>> sys.modules["_datetime"] = None >>> from datetime import * >>> datetime.max - timedelta.max Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\datetime.py", line 1741, in __sub__ return self + -other File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\datetime.py", line 518, in __neg__ -self._microseconds) File "C:\Users\Martin\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python35-32\lib\datetime.py", line 430, in __new__ raise OverflowError("timedelta # of days is too large: %d" % d) OverflowError: timedelta # of days is too large: -1000000000 C "_datetime" implementation: >>> from datetime import * >>> datetime.max - timedelta.max Traceback (most recent call last): File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module> OverflowError: date value out of range ---------- nosy: +martin.panter _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue30516> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: https://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com