strptime for different languages

[MRAB]

On 2019-12-18 18:12, Tobiah wrote:
>> What I tried is a cascade of try's:
>> 
>> try:
>>    d = strptime(date_string, format_string_1)
>> except:
>>    try:
>>      d = strptime(date_string, format_string_2)
>>    except:
>>      try:
>>        d = strptime(date_string, format_string_3)
>>      except:
>>        ...
> 
> 
> This is not about dates, but for the above, I'd try:
> 
>       for f in (format1, format2, format3):
>           try:
>               d = strptime(date_string, f)
>           except:
>               continue
>           else:
>               break
> 
> That way you can manipulate the content and number
> of the formats, or pull them from a database or whatever
> without having to edit your code in a messy way.
> 
A couple of point about your code:

1. Don't use a bare 'except' because it'll catch _any_ exception. See 
what exception strptime will raise and catch only that.

2. Why use 'continue' instead of 'pass'?