[Leopold]

as far as i understand it's a known issue with python.
if you google for a bit, you'll find several reports like this one:
http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-...40579.html

the workaround seems to be:

Code:

import datetime
import _strptime

Thanks but this didn't work. I think it might fix a slightly different problem to mine.

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Here is how I worked around the issue in one add-on using time module -

Code:

try:
        start_date = datetime.strptime(url, "%B %d, %Y - %A")
    except TypeError:
        start_date = datetime.fromtimestamp(time.mktime(time.strptime(url, "%B %d, %Y - %A")))

Thanks, this works, but I ended up taking a simpler example from the Python doc.

Code:

try:
    datetime.strptime(date_string, format)
except TypeError:
    datetime(*(time.strptime(date_string, format)[0:6]))

I was hoping there wouldn't be a need to work around the problem but at least it's working now.