flupke wrote: > Frank Millman schreef: > > flupke wrote: > >> I'm using a solid DB and i'm accessing it via the odbc module > >> (activepython). > >> I get a DbiDate object returned but i don't find a way to decently print > >> it or get a format like %d/%m%/%y. > >> > > > > I convert it to a datetime() instance, like this - > > > > mydate = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(dbidate)) > > > > Then I can use all the functionality of the datetime module. > > > > HTH > > > > Frank Millman > > > > Hi Frank, > > i tried it and i end up with this: > > >>> mydate = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(int(birthd)) > Traceback (most recent call last): > File "<stdin>", line 1, in ? > ValueError: timestamp out of range for platform localtime()/gmtime() > function >
Well waddyaknow - I get exactly the same, for dates earlier than 1970-01-02. Thanks for finding a bug that would have bitten me sooner or later. I will do some investigation. If I find an answer I will post it here, unless some kind soul saves me the trouble and beats me to it. Frank -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
