mxDateTime in Python2.2 on Tru64

[M.-A. Lemburg]

Richard Papworth wrote:
> 
> Hi
> 
> After upgrading from Python 1.52 I'm having trouble getting mx
> Extensions to work with Python 2.2.
> 
> Compilation went OK (although config.h was missing from the Python
> includes directory). However, when I try to load up the DateTime
> module I run into problems:
> 
> Python 2.2 (#2, Feb 20 2002, 11:44:40)
> [GCC 2.95 19990728 (release)] on osf1V4
> Type "help", "copyright", "credits" or "license" for more information.
> >>> from mx import DateTime
> Traceback (most recent call last):
>   File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
>   File "/nfs3/users/postgres/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/mx/DateTime/__init__.py",
> line 8, in ?
>     from DateTime import *
>   File "/nfs3/users/postgres/usr/local/lib/python2.2/site-packages/mx/DateTime/DateTime.py",
> line 441, in ?
>     MaxDateTime = DateTime(sys.maxint / 366 - 1,12,31)
> OverflowError: signed integer is greater than maximum
> >>>
> 
> The other mx extensions seem to be OK. Does anyone know what's going
> wrong?

Are you using the latest version ?

If not, here's the fix... 

DateTime.py:
# Limits (see also the range checks in mxDateTime.c)
MaxDateTime = DateTime(5867440,12,31)
MinDateTime = DateTime(-5851455,1,1)
MaxDateTimeDelta = DateTimeDeltaFromSeconds(2147483647 * 86400.0)
MinDateTimeDelta = -MaxDateTimeDelta

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