Error evaluating numbers starting in zero

[Mike Brenner]

>> 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().


So, that may also explain the failure with 

	i = 08

and with reading in numbers,
the python interpretor must be using EVAL instead of INT?