Error evaluating numbers starting in zero

[Aahz Maruch]

In article <3A3D07BD.85EFEB3D at wag.caltech.edu>,
Richard P. Muller <rpm at wag.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
>I'm sure people already know about this, but I just got hit with a
>really screwy error.
>
>I have a python checkbook program that evaluates date strings, such as
>"01/31/99". Most dates are fine, but if I have a date such as
>"01/08/99", python runs into an error when it tries to eval("08").

Use mxDateTime
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