On 2009-11-01, Jacob Gorban <jacob.gorban / gmail.com> wrote: > I don't know why this should matter. It's bug still. I would tend to agree, I was just suggesting a possible explanation. > I've now figured out that an explicit > DateTime.strptime('17:26:33 Oct 31, 2009 PST', '%T %b %d, %Y %Z') > will work fine. But after running for several months with a code that > ran just fine I felt very unconfortable with this bug over a specific > date. That's fascinating. I've not used strptime much, so I don't know what it guesses at by default. It might be interesting to experiment with nearby times (other times on the same date, for instance) to see whether you can narrow down the problem. -s -- Copyright 2009, all wrongs reversed. Peter Seebach / usenet-nospam / seebs.net http://www.seebs.net/log/ <-- lawsuits, religion, and funny pictures http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fair_Game_(Scientology) <-- get educated!