strptime gives TypeError: __import__() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)

[martior]

I have the following code in a BASIC element

test_date = context.modules.datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
context.modules.datetime.datetime.strptime(test_date,"%Y-%m-%d" )

this gives the following error

2017-06-12 14:50:32 ERROR Rapido Rapido execution error - cafemenu
File "menuedit.py", line 10, in next_weeks
TypeError: __import__() takes at most 4 arguments (5 given)

Line 10 is the last line in the first code block.

The same code in pure python 2.7 works fine

>>> import datetime
>>> test_date = datetime.datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
>>> datetime.datetime.strptime(test_date,"%Y-%m-%d" )

[ebrehault]

what is your line 10? (the first or the second you have pasted?)

[martior]

Last one.

[ebrehault]

That's super strange, it means the first call to datetime works but not the second one.
Could you try this:

datetime = context.modules.datetime.datetime
test_date = datetime.now().strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
datetime.strptime(test_date,"%Y-%m-%d" )

[martior]

I did try something very similar having datetime defined in a variable like that and got the same error. Will try again . But my testing shows it is the strptime call that fails. Calling strptime with only one parameter works as far as you get the normal error from strptime about number of parameters having to be two.

[ebrehault]

This is really making no sense.
FYI I am about to release a new version based on PythonScripts instead of zope.unrestrictedpython (for security reasons), and it might have an impact on external modules.

[martior]

nope, no sense at all, that is why I created the ticket :-P

let me know when it is released and I can test again. No point hunting down these kind of bugs if we are replacing the source.