[Zope-Coders] Replace Zope2 DateTime._parse() with Zope3's DateTimeParser

[Steve Alexander]

Andreas Jung wrote:

> Just an idea:
> 
> Since the DateTime parser of Zope 2 is broken for ages (e.g.
> "05.12.2002" is interpreted as May  12, 2002)  I found the
> DateTimeParse module in Zope 3. 

Why is this broken?

If the documentation says "parses ambiguous spec according to the US 
convention" then I don't see it as being broken.

Then again, I'd much perfer a DateTime parser that raises an exception 
on such ambiguous input, leaving it up to an application programer to be 
explicit about whether the US convention is to be used or not.


> Does it have the same functionality
> as the exisiting parser in Zope 2? If yes, would it make sense to
> backport it for Zope 2 to get finally rid of  DateTime._parse()?

In Zope 3, my suggestion could be implemented with an adapter that 
adapts a generic DateTime parse to a USDateTime parse object.

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Steve Alexander