Thanks. Yes, 2.4 for Win. Now to find out if the fellow who wrote the s/w package I'm writing a utility for can move his s/w to 2.4. Martin Walsh wrote: Wayne Watson wrote:This program segment allows an invalid date to go undetected. See below.def set_time_stamp(d1): # yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss in, vyyyymmdd_hhmmss.27 out formatin = '%Y/%m/%d %H:%M:%S' d1 = d1.lstrip() try: date1 = datetime(*(time.strptime(d1, formatin)[0:6])) except ValueError: print; print "Invalid date input. Use yyyy/mm/dd hh:mm:ss." return False<snip>Enter date and time: 2008/1/100:00:30 <- Why is this valid. The fields are not spearated. dout: 20080110_000030 prefix: v20080110_000030.27 OK: v20080110_000030.27I have confirmed there is a difference in the behavior of time.strptime between python 2.4 and 2.5, and I assume you're using 2.4. It is possibly related to this bug (but hard to say for sure without looking at the source)... http://bugs.python.org/issue1340337 ... and the subsequent fix for 2.5. But, clearly something changed between releases. from http://www.python.org/download/releases/2.5/NEWS.txt """ - Bug #1340337: change time.strptime() to always return ValueError when there is an error in the format string. - Bug #1290505: Fix clearing the regex cache for time.strptime(). """ HTH, Marty _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor --
Wayne Watson (Watson Adventures, Prop., Nevada City, CA) (121.015 Deg. W, 39.262 Deg. N) GMT-8 hr std. time) Obz Site: 39° 15' 7" N, 121° 2' 32" W, 2700 feet "If voting made any difference they wouldn't let us do it." -- Mark Twain Web Page: <www.speckledwithstars.net/> |
_______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor