any quick workaround for the datetime strftime() methods require year >= 1900

[vince]

i run into some rare problem on web2py it's related to python's
limitation/bugs

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/gluon/restricted.py", line
173, in restricted
exec ccode in environment
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/applications/cychurch/
controllers/members.py", line 2523, in <module>
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/gluon/globals.py", line
96, in <lambda>
self._caller = lambda f: f()
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/applications/cychurch/
controllers/members.py", line 72, in show

form1=SQLFORM(db.members,thisrecord,fields=field1,deletable=False,showid=False,labels=header1,submit_button=T('Submit'))
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/gluon/sqlhtml.py", line
656, in __init__
default = field.formatter(default)
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/gluon/sql.py", line 2676,
in formatter
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/gluon/validators.py", line
2214, in formatter
return self.other.formatter(value)
File "/Library/WebServer/Documents/web2py/gluon/validators.py", line
1960, in formatter
return value.strftime(self.format)
ValueError: year=1897 is before 1900; the datetime strftime() methods
require year >= 1900

is there any quick workaround for it? any ideas?

[mdipierro]

what about about we do something like this in web2py?

def format_date(d, format):
format = format.replace('%y',str(d.year)[-2:])
if d.year>=0:
format = format.replace('%Y',str(d.year))
else:
format = format.replace('%Y',str(d.year)+'B.C.')
d =
datetime.datetime(2000,d.month,d.day,d.hour,d.minute,d.second)
return d.strftime(format)

[vince]

is it just for years for B.C.? but currently python's strftime even
have error when it's year >= 1900.

[mdipierro]

No it work for every date but just B.C.

[vince]

it's just osx and windows problem since i've just google it. it's a
known problem on python.

ValueError: year=1897 is before 1900; the datetime strftime() methods
require year >= 1900

[mdipierro]

I tried. It does not work for year<=0 but works otherwise. It is now
in trunk. Nothing for you to do. Just upgrade and retry your code.
Should work.

On Feb 25, 11:14 pm, vince <lapcc...@gmail.com> wrote:

[vince]

ohoh! you are the man... that was quick! yes i tried and it just work!