Inconsistent parsing of German dates

[Jonas H]

Hey Gustavo :-)

German dates (DD.MM.YYYY) are parsed inconsistently:

>>> parse('20.2.2000') # 20th Feb
datetime.datetime(2000, 2, 20, 0, 0) # 20th Feb

>>> parse('1.2.2000') # 1st Feb
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 2, 0, 0) # 2nd Jan

The result of parse() should either always follow the first scheme or always follow the second scheme to avoid surprises.

[Tomi Hukkalainen (tpievila)]

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[Andreas Hilboll (andreas-h)]

couldn't the chosen scheme depend on locale settings? for german locale, use first scheme, and for other locales, other?

[Dave McKee (dave-mckee)]

Pass dayfirst=True to the parser:

>>> dateutil.parser.parse("20.2.2000")
datetime.datetime(2000, 2, 20, 0, 0)
>>> dateutil.parser.parse("20.2.2000", dayfirst=True)
datetime.datetime(2000, 2, 20, 0, 0)
>>> dateutil.parser.parse("1.2.2000")
datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 2, 0, 0)
>>> dateutil.parser.parse("1.2.2000", dayfirst=True)
datetime.datetime(2000, 2, 1, 0, 0)