[issue6641] datetime.strptime doesn't support %z format ?

[Mark Dickinson]

Mark Dickinson <dickinsm at gmail.com> added the comment:

In test_datetime:


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ERROR: test_strptime (__main__.TestDateTime)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib/test/test_datetime.py", line 1741, in test_strptime
    dt = strptime("-0500 EST", "%z %Z")
  File "/Users/dickinsm/python/svn/py3k/Lib/_strptime.py", line 483, in _strptime_datetime
    tt, fraction = _strptime(data_string, format)
  File "/Users/dickinsm/python/svn/py3k/Lib/_strptime.py", line 336, in _strptime
    (data_string, format))
ValueError: time data '-0500 EST' does not match format '%z %Z'

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ERROR: test_strptime (__main__.TestDateTimeTZ)
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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "Lib/test/test_datetime.py", line 1741, in test_strptime
    dt = strptime("-0500 EST", "%z %Z")
  File "/Users/dickinsm/python/svn/py3k/Lib/_strptime.py", line 483, in _strptime_datetime
    tt, fraction = _strptime(data_string, format)
  File "/Users/dickinsm/python/svn/py3k/Lib/_strptime.py", line 336, in _strptime
    (data_string, format))
ValueError: time data '-0500 EST' does not match format '%z %Z'

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