Checking for valid date input and convert appropriately
Tim Chase
python.list at tim.thechases.com
Fri Feb 22 11:18:45 EST 2013
On 2013-02-22 07:07, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
> Actually it can, but instead of try: i have to create a function:
>
> def is_sane_date(date):
> parts = [int(part) for part in date.split() if part.isdigit()]
> if len(parts) == 3 and \
> 1 <= parts[0] <= 31 and \
> 1 <= parts[1] <= 12 and \
> 1900 <= parts[2] <= 2100:
> return True
> return False
Then you have things like "31 2 2013" being a valid date. Also, the
hard caps at 1900 and 2100 are both pretty short-sighted. To the
best of my knowledge, there are valid dates outside that date
range :-)
-tkc
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