[Dbfpy-users] problem with dates in dbfpy

[Katie C. <kat...@gm...>]

Hi there. I'm trying to read some bdf files using dbfpy. The code I'm
using is here:

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#!/usr/local/bin/python

import os, sys
import dbfpy
from dbfpy import dbf

infiles = ['SWATOutput_Current_2ndtime.mdb','SWATOutput_Future_2ndTime.mdb']

for file in infiles:
    print file
    db = dbf.Dbf(file)
    #db.openFile(file,readOnly=1)
    names = []
    print "%s contents: " % (file)
    for field in db.header.fileds:
        names.append(field.name)
        print field
    for rec in db:
            print '%s:' % (rec)
            print rec.fieldData

    db.close()
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gives this error: ./process_SWAT_output.py
SWATOutput_Current_2ndtime.mdb
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "./process_SWAT_output.py", line 13, in <module>
    db = dbf.Dbf(file)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbfpy/dbf.py", line
135, in __init__
    self.header = self.HeaderClass.fromStream(self.stream)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbfpy/header.py", line
120, in fromStream
    (_year, ord(_data[2]), ord(_data[3])))
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbfpy/header.py", line
89, in __init__
    self.lastUpdate = getDate(lastUpdate)
  File "/usr/local/lib/python2.5/site-packages/dbfpy/utils.py", line
75, in getDate
    return datetime.date(*date[:3])
ValueError: month must be in 1..12


Any ideas on what is causing this error?

Thanks!
katie