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evanmaastrigt · 01-21-2010, 02:34 AM

There is a problem with the Wall Street Journal (free) recipe. It is on line 85:

Code:

            article_date = datetime.strptime(datestring.title(),"%B %d %Y")

The '%B' format specifier uses the local machine's locale for monthname, so this will break with any non-English locale, for instance on my machine with an English OS but Dutch locale:

Code:

ValueError: time data 'January 21 2010' does not match format '%B %d %Y'

The Python documentation warns against changing the locale temporarily: as I understand it, if you change it, the change will affect the whole program, not just your thread. And that might give some unwanted side-effects.

01-21-2010, 02:34 AM	#1206
evanmaastrigt Connoisseur Posts: 78 Karma: 192 Join Date: Nov 2009 Device: Sony PRS-600	Problem with Wall Street Journal (free) recipe There is a problem with the Wall Street Journal (free) recipe. It is on line 85: Code: article_date = datetime.strptime(datestring.title(),"%B %d %Y") The '%B' format specifier uses the local machine's locale for monthname, so this will break with any non-English locale, for instance on my machine with an English OS but Dutch locale: Code: ValueError: time data 'January 21 2010' does not match format '%B %d %Y' The Python documentation warns against changing the locale temporarily: as I understand it, if you change it, the change will affect the whole program, not just your thread. And that might give some unwanted side-effects.