[egenix-users] date display behavior in mxdatetime 3

[M.-A. Lemburg]

On 2008-02-29 20:51, Eugene Chow wrote:
> I've noticed that date display behavior has changed in version 3 of
> mxdatetime in an undesirable way:
> 
> Python 2.4.3 (#1, Apr  7 2006, 10:54:33)
> [GCC 4.0.1 (Apple Computer, Inc. build 5250)] on darwin
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
>>>> import mx.DateTime
>>>> mx.DateTime.__version__
> '3.0.0'
>>>> d=mx.DateTime.Date(2008,1,-1)
>>>> d
> <mx.DateTime.DateTime object for '2008-01--1 00:00:00.00' at 63e90>
>>>> d.strftime()
> 'Thu Jan -1 00:00:00 2008'
>>>> d==mx.DateTime.Date(2008,1,31)
> True
>>>>
> 
> In version 2, the day is displayed as the actual last day of the month
> and not "-1".
> 
> Was this change intentional?

No, that's a bug. Thanks for reporting it. We'll fix it in 3.0.1.

Thanks,
-- 
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