#1162477: accept '.' in addition to ':' when parsing time in date header.
Some non-compliant MUAs use '.'s, so by the Postel Principle we should
accept them. Patch by Thomas Herve.
diff --git a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
index 16772b1..5aaf526 100644
--- a/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
+++ b/Lib/email/test/test_email.py
@@ -2328,6 +2328,13 @@
(2002, 4, 3, 14, 58, 26, 0, 1, -1, -28800))
+ def test_parsedate_accepts_time_with_dots(self):
+ eq = self.assertEqual
+ eq(utils.parsedate_tz('5 Feb 2003 13.47.26 -0800'),
+ (2003, 2, 5, 13, 47, 26, 0, 1, -1, -28800))
+ eq(utils.parsedate_tz('5 Feb 2003 13.47 -0800'),
+ (2003, 2, 5, 13, 47, 0, 0, 1, -1, -28800))
+
def test_parsedate_acceptable_to_time_functions(self):
eq = self.assertEqual
timetup = utils.parsedate('5 Feb 2003 13:47:26 -0800')