questions anon wrote: > Hello All, it has been a few months since I have used this and I have only > just realised I am having problems with leap years. each time I get to > February of a leap year my program stops,
Does it throw an exception (if so, post the traceback) or does it just terminate? > therefore I have attributed it > to my code not accounting for leap years. Is there a simple way to fix my > code (below) to account for leap years? > stop_month = datetime(2011, 12, 31) > month = datetime(2011, 01, 01) Hm, 2011 is not a leap year. > while month < stop_month: > accumulate_month(month.year, month.month) > month += timedelta(days=32) > month = month.replace(day=01) Anyway, this piece of code should work the same for leap years and non-leap years. The problem must be in the code you are not posting (or in your data). PS: > month = datetime(2011, 01, 01) Stylistic note: numbers starting with 0 are interpreted as octals. It doesn't matter here, but don't get into the habit: >>> 010 == 10 False _______________________________________________ Tutor maillist - Tutor@python.org To unsubscribe or change subscription options: http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/tutor
