Comment 1 for bug 792321

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Brandon Rhodes (brandon-rhodes) wrote :

The underlying astronomy library thought that minus signs were useful for arithmetic (!), so "1999-05" means "five months before the beginning of 1999." I have removed this distinction in my version of the library so they are now simply a separator, exactly as you suggest. I am releasing 3.7.5.1 tonight that incorporates this improvement. Thank you!