Re: [Dbfpy-users] problem with dates in dbfpy

[alexander s. <al...@go...>]

Katie Carbonari wrote, at 22.10.2010 23:27:
> Hi there. I'm trying to read some bdf files using dbfpy. The code I'm
> using is here:
>
> infiles = ['SWATOutput_Current_2ndtime.mdb','SWATOutput_Future_2ndTime.mdb']

>    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?

the error is caused by invalid file contents.

i think that the files you are trying to read are not dbf files: their 
names suggest they are ms access databases.

best wishes,
alex.