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-rw-r--r--Lib/_strptime.py3
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Lib/_strptime.py b/Lib/_strptime.py
index 5300570..17460ce 100644
--- a/Lib/_strptime.py
+++ b/Lib/_strptime.py
@@ -226,13 +226,12 @@ class TimeRE(dict):
matching when 'abcdef' should have been the match).
"""
+ to_convert = sorted(to_convert, key=len, reverse=True)
for value in to_convert:
if value != '':
break
else:
return ''
- to_convert = to_convert[:]
- to_convert.sort(key=len, reverse=True)
regex = '|'.join(re_escape(stuff) for stuff in to_convert)
regex = '(?P<%s>%s' % (directive, regex)
return '%s)' % regex