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Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr33k@gmail.com> writes:

> Let me ask it like this:
> How can i avoid using try: except: for checkign the date but instead check it with an if statement:

Let me answer this way: you can't, without resorting to the simple
helper functions I wrote in my previous message. 

Why do you dislike that solution?

ciao, lele.
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