[issue42155] email.utils.parsedate_to_datetime() should return None when date cannot be parsed

Change by Barry A. Warsaw : -- stage: -> resolved status: open -> closed ___ Python tracker ___ ___ Python-bugs-list mailing list

[issue42155] email.utils.parsedate_to_datetime() should return None when date cannot be parsed

Barry A. Warsaw added the comment: Hi Serhiy. I believe this is a duplicate of bpo-30681 which is active and has a good PR IMHO. The only hold up is whether to backport that PR to 3.9 and 3.8. See the bug and PR for details. -- resolution: -> duplicate superseder: ->

[issue42155] email.utils.parsedate_to_datetime() should return None when date cannot be parsed

New submission from Serhiy Storchaka : Documentation says that parsedate_to_datetime() performs the same function as parsedata(), but on success returns a datetime. parsedata() returns None when date cannot be parsed, but parsedate_to_datetime() raises TypeError. >>>