ibflex.parser.FlexParserError: Can't convert '20200406;214347' to <class 'datetime.date'>

[kychanbp]

I receive this error ibflex.parser.FlexParserError: Can't convert '20200406;214347' to <class 'datetime.date'> today.

The same code works before.

[csingley]

Well, it's trying to convert a date/time into a date. Of course it's failing; the semicolon and everything after it isn't supposed to be there.

This means your data doesn't match the ibflex data model. What field is it, exactly, that has '20200406;214347' where my code is expecting a date type?

[kychanbp]

I think it is in the TransactionTax.date part.

<TransactionTax accountId="XXXXXXXX acctAlias="" model="" currency="HKD" fxRateToBase="0.12899" assetCategory="STK" symbol="2801" description="ISHARES CORE MSCI CH IND ETF" conid="47028221" securityID="HK2801040828" securityIDType="ISIN" cusip="" isin="HK2801040828" listingExchange="SEHK" underlyingConid="" underlyingSymbol="" underlyingSecurityID="" underlyingListingExchange="" issuer="" multiplier="1" strike="" expiry="" putCall="" principalAdjustFactor="" date="20200406;214347" taxDescription="SFC Transaction Levy" quantity="600" reportDate="20200407" taxAmount="-0.39771" tradeId="141292481" tradePrice="24.5500" source="TRADE" code="" levelOfDetail="SUMMARY" />
<TransactionTaxDetail accountId="XXXXXXXXX" acctAlias="" model="" currency="HKD" fxRateToBase="0.12899" assetCategory="STK" symbol="2801" description="ISHARES CORE MSCI CH IND ETF" conid="47028221" securityID="HK2801040828" securityIDType="ISIN" cusip="" isin="HK2801040828" listingExchange="SEHK" underlyingConid="" underlyingSymbol="" underlyingSecurityID="" underlyingListingExchange="" issuer="" multiplier="1" strike="" expiry="" putCall="" principalAdjustFactor="" date="20200406;214347" taxDescription="SFC Transaction Levy" quantity="600" reportDate="20200407" taxAmount="-0.39771" tradeId="141292481" tradePrice="24.5500" source="TRADE" code="" levelOfDetail="DETAIL" />
</TransactionTaxes>

The problem happened after I brought some shares in HK stock exchange. There is no problem in US stocks.

I have looked at the data model. The date in TransactionTax Class is datetime.date. Not sure whether this is exchange specific.

[titov-vv]

For me it looks like IB reporting problem rather than ibflex issue. From what I see this '20200406;214347' value should be inside 'dateTime' field, not 'date'...

[csingley]

Do we have a reference for the TransactionTax element?

IB is not completely consistent in their reporting formats. ibflex.Types.StatementOfFundsLine.date is also of type datetime.datetime, despite the name.

IIRC, I allowed datetime.datetime converters to also accept a 'naked' date without time... see lines 215-220 in ibflex.parser.

Try changing the data type of ibflex.Types.TransactionTax.date from Optional[datetime.date] to Optional[datetime.datetime]. Does that solve your problem?

[kychanbp]

Solved by changing datetime.date to datetime.datetime.

But I also need to add a new class TransactionTaxDetail which is the same as TransactionTax

[csingley]

Please submit a PR once you've tested the changes. I don't have any data for TransactionTax etc. Thanks.