[dbfpy-devel] [ dbfpy-Bugs-3065292 ] y2k fix proposed

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Bugs item #3065292, was opened at 2010-09-13 16:32
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>Status: Closed
>Resolution: Invalid
Priority: 5
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Submitted By: jno (jno-)
Assigned to: Nobody/Anonymous (nobody)
Summary: y2k fix proposed

Initial Comment:
Some applications still use DBF. This is a matter of fact.
But the DBF is not supposed to handle Y2K+ dates. But it does.
But the dbfpy cannot handle them. But it should.
So, I propose a [incomplete] fix to utils.getDate().

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>Comment By: alexander smishlajev (a1s)
Date: 2010-09-13 21:33

Message:
first, DBF is perfectly capable of handling dates in the 21st century and
beyond - both date and datetime fields store at least 4-digit year number.

second, proposed folding of 2-digit year numbers is performed in current
implementation by time.strptime().

by the way, if you post a patch, please use unified diff format.

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