[Zope] year 2k-bug entering 30.12.2000 in properties type date ???

[Jim Fulton]

Nico Grubert wrote:
> 
> hi,
> 
> I have created a Zclass and property sheets "Konstanten".
> Going to "/Control_Panel / Products / DOCProdukt / DOCClass /
> propertysheets / common / Konstanten/"
> and adding a Property my_date of type date and entering 30.12.2000 into
> the value-field wil bring me a Zope-error:
> 
> Error Type: Invalid Date-Time String
>             Error Value: 30.12.2000
> 
> Entering 30.12.1999 works fine. Is it a year 2k-bug I cannot enter a
> date like dd.mm.2000 ???
> I use Zope 2.0.1.

I can't reproduce this in 2.1.3.  I suggest upgrading
to the latest release.

I should note that I'm a little surprised that Zope
accepted a date like 30.12.1999 (or 30.12.2000).
In this case, the value is unambiguous because the
day is >12.  A date like: 1.2.1999 would be interpreted
as Jan 2 in the US, but Feb 1 in Europe.  In a case like
this, Zope uses the US interpretation, for better or worse.

Jim

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