Ah, right. The light turns on...
datetime is immutable so overriding the constructor doesn't change the constructed object. You have to override __new__ instead.
http://www.python.org/2.2.1/descrintro.html#__new__
Ahhh! Thanks a bunch, now this makes things much clearer.
Thanks again! cu Martin
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