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authorMalcolm Smith <smith@chaquo.com>2024-09-27 14:35:18 (GMT)
committerGitHub <noreply@github.com>2024-09-27 14:35:18 (GMT)
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gh-123017: Add Android to the list of platforms where `strftime` doesn't support negative years (#124467)
Add Android to the list of platforms where `strftime` doesn't support negative years
-rw-r--r--Lib/test/test_time.py3
-rw-r--r--Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-24-21-15-27.gh-issue-123017.dSAr2f.rst2
-rw-r--r--Modules/timemodule.c7
3 files changed, 9 insertions, 3 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/test/test_time.py b/Lib/test/test_time.py
index 293799f..530c317 100644
--- a/Lib/test/test_time.py
+++ b/Lib/test/test_time.py
@@ -654,8 +654,7 @@ class _TestStrftimeYear:
self.test_year('%04d', func=year4d)
def skip_if_not_supported(y):
- msg = "strftime() is limited to [1; 9999] with Visual Studio"
- # Check that it doesn't crash for year > 9999
+ msg = f"strftime() does not support year {y} on this platform"
try:
time.strftime('%Y', (y,) + (0,) * 8)
except ValueError:
diff --git a/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-24-21-15-27.gh-issue-123017.dSAr2f.rst b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-24-21-15-27.gh-issue-123017.dSAr2f.rst
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..45fe478
--- /dev/null
+++ b/Misc/NEWS.d/next/Library/2024-09-24-21-15-27.gh-issue-123017.dSAr2f.rst
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+Due to unreliable results on some devices, :func:`time.strftime` no longer
+accepts negative years on Android.
diff --git a/Modules/timemodule.c b/Modules/timemodule.c
index ee59fb7..9720c20 100644
--- a/Modules/timemodule.c
+++ b/Modules/timemodule.c
@@ -813,7 +813,12 @@ time_strftime(PyObject *module, PyObject *args)
return NULL;
}
-#if defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__sun) && defined(__SVR4)) || defined(_AIX) || defined(__VXWORKS__)
+// Some platforms only support a limited range of years.
+//
+// Android works with negative years on the emulator, but fails on some
+// physical devices (#123017).
+#if defined(_MSC_VER) || (defined(__sun) && defined(__SVR4)) || defined(_AIX) \
+ || defined(__VXWORKS__) || defined(__ANDROID__)
if (buf.tm_year + 1900 < 1 || 9999 < buf.tm_year + 1900) {
PyErr_SetString(PyExc_ValueError,
"strftime() requires year in [1; 9999]");