[Python-Dev] datetime's strftime implementation: by design or bug

[Eric V. Smith]

Anthony Baxter wrote:
> Please log a bug - this is probably something suitable for fixing in 2.5.1. At 
> the very least, if it's going to be limited to 127 characters, it should 
> check that and raise a more suitable exception. 

[First time sent from wrong address, sorry if this is a dupe.]

Done.  The patch is at http://python.org/sf/1557390.