[issue7858] os.utime(file, (0, 0, )) fails on on vfat, but doesn't fail immediately

[Damien Elmes]

New submission from Damien Elmes <resolver at gmail.com>:

It seems like you can't set a modtime of 0 on a vfat partition. This may not be a valid thing to do, but it took me a long time to figure out it was a bad thing, as the error doesn't appear until the next time the error flag is checked:

>>> os.utime("testfile", (0.0,0.0))
>>> import time
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<stdin>", line 1, in <module>
WindowsError: [Error 87] The parameter is incorrect

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messages: 98879
nosy: Damien.Elmes
severity: normal
status: open
title: os.utime(file, (0,0,)) fails on on vfat, but doesn't fail immediately
versions: Python 2.5, Python 2.6

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