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From: Greg Donald <gdonald@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2012 23:29:12 -0600
Subject: Re: strptime - dates formatted differently on different computers
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On Tue, Dec 11, 2012 at 11:05 PM, Steven D'Aprano
<steve+comp.lang.python@pearwood.info> wrote:
> The question is not "will it parse", but will it parse CORRECTLY?
>
> What will it parse 11/12/10 as, and how do you know that is the intended
> date?

If it were me I'd look at more of the source dates I was tasked with
parsing and dial it in using the appropriate dayfirst, yearfirst, etc.
options.



-- 
Greg Donald