On Thu, Oct 18, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Steven D'Aprano <st...@pearwood.info> wrote: > On 19/10/12 12:16, Richard D. Moores wrote: >> >> Running the example at >> >> <http://labix.org/python-dateutil#head-8d03c6c25ead6f9cab0cde83e6f672b52480ab90>, >> with Python 2.3.2 64-bit, > > > Python TWO POINT THREE??? :-) > > That's like, a million years old. I think you mean three point two.
3.2.3 > > > >> The importing goes OK, it seems, but: >> >> Python 3.2.3 (default, Apr 11 2012, 07:12:16) [MSC v.1500 64 bit (AMD64)] >> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information. >> [evaluate untitled-1.py] > > > What does that mean? > > What's "evaluate" in this context? What's inside "untitled.py"? Using my IDE, > Wing 4.1, I opened a new file and made an exact copy-and-paste into it, and > accepted the default filename, "untitled.py". "evaluate" is one of the ways > of running a script in Wing, "Evaluate file in Python shell". I already said: Running the example at <http://labix.org/python-dateutil#head-8d03c6c25ead6f9cab0cde83e6f672b52480ab90> >> Traceback (most recent call last): >> File "C:\Program Files (x86)\Wing IDE >> 4.1\src\debug\tserver\_sandbox.py", line 9, in<module> >> File "c:\Python32\Lib\site-packages\dateutil\parser.py", line 720, in >> parse >> return DEFAULTPARSER.parse(timestr, **kwargs) >> File "c:\Python32\Lib\site-packages\dateutil\parser.py", line 310, in >> parse >> raise ValueError("unknown string format") >> builtins.ValueError: unknown string format > > I note that text just before the demo code states: > > [quote] > you want to get today's date out of the "date" unix system command. > [end quote] I missed that. It's the first clue I could find anywhere that the download for 3.x (x > 0) is only for a "Unix or a Unix-compatible system like Linux". > Are you running Unix or a Unix-compatible system like Linux? No. See my original post. > Here's what > `date` > outputs under Unix/Linux: > > [steve@ando ~]$ date > Fri Oct 19 13:16:40 EST 2012 > > > What does it output on your computer? I showed you everything already. Dick _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
