Error evaluating numbers starting in zero

[Moshe Zadka]

On Sun, 17 Dec 2000, "Richard P. Muller" <rpm at wag.caltech.edu> wrote:

> 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 int() instead of eval().
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