""" >>> from datetime import date as original_date, datetime as original_datetime >>> from django.utils.datetime_safe import date, datetime >>> just_safe = (1900, 1, 1) >>> just_unsafe = (1899, 12, 31, 23, 59, 59) >>> really_old = (20, 1, 1) >>> more_recent = (2006, 1, 1) >>> original_datetime(*more_recent) == datetime(*more_recent) True >>> original_datetime(*really_old) == datetime(*really_old) True >>> original_date(*more_recent) == date(*more_recent) True >>> original_date(*really_old) == date(*really_old) True >>> original_date(*just_safe).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') == date(*just_safe).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') True >>> original_datetime(*just_safe).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') == datetime(*just_safe).strftime('%Y-%m-%d') True >>> date(*just_unsafe[:3]).strftime('%Y-%m-%d (weekday %w)') '1899-12-31 (weekday 0)' >>> date(*just_safe).strftime('%Y-%m-%d (weekday %w)') '1900-01-01 (weekday 1)' >>> datetime(*just_unsafe).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S (weekday %w)') '1899-12-31 23:59:59 (weekday 0)' >>> datetime(*just_safe).strftime('%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S (weekday %w)') '1900-01-01 00:00:00 (weekday 1)' >>> date(*just_safe).strftime('%y') # %y will error before this date '00' >>> datetime(*just_safe).strftime('%y') '00' >>> date(1850, 8, 2).strftime("%Y/%m/%d was a %A") '1850/08/02 was a Friday' # Regression for #12524 -- Check that pre-1000AD dates are padded with zeros if necessary >>> date(1, 1, 1).strftime("%Y/%m/%d was a %A") '0001/01/01 was a Monday' """