Filip Gruszczyński <grusz...@gmail.com> added the comment: But this is exactly how strptime in C. Consider this:
#include <time.h> #include <stdio.h> #include <stdlib.h> #include <string.h> int main(){ char buf[255]; struct tm tm; memset(&tm, 0, sizeof(tm)); strptime("123", "%m%d", &tm); strftime(buf, sizeof(buf), "%d %b %Y %H:%M", &tm); printf("%s\n", buf); return 0; } This produces output: 03 Dec 1900 00:00 Shouldn't it stay consistent with how C function works? ---------- nosy: +gruszczy _______________________________________ Python tracker <rep...@bugs.python.org> <http://bugs.python.org/issue5979> _______________________________________ _______________________________________________ Python-bugs-list mailing list Unsubscribe: http://mail.python.org/mailman/options/python-bugs-list/archive%40mail-archive.com