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1 files changed, 12 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
index 38f3b8f19b..85036aa7d8 100644
--- a/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
+++ b/Lib/test/datetimetester.py
@@ -1289,12 +1289,18 @@ class TestDate(HarmlessMixedComparison, unittest.TestCase):
self.assertTrue(self.theclass.min)
self.assertTrue(self.theclass.max)
- def test_strftime_out_of_range(self):
- # For nasty technical reasons, we can't handle years before 1000.
- cls = self.theclass
- self.assertEqual(cls(1000, 1, 1).strftime("%Y"), "1000")
- for y in 1, 49, 51, 99, 100, 999:
- self.assertRaises(ValueError, cls(y, 1, 1).strftime, "%Y")
+ def test_strftime_y2k(self):
+ for y in (1, 49, 70, 99, 100, 999, 1000, 1970):
+ d = self.theclass(y, 1, 1)
+ # Issue 13305: For years < 1000, the value is not always
+ # padded to 4 digits across platforms. The C standard
+ # assumes year >= 1900, so it does not specify the number
+ # of digits.
+ if d.strftime("%Y") != '%04d' % y:
+ # Year 42 returns '42', not padded
+ self.assertEqual(d.strftime("%Y"), '%d' % y)
+ # '0042' is obtained anyway
+ self.assertEqual(d.strftime("%4Y"), '%04d' % y)
def test_replace(self):
cls = self.theclass