Fix "Error with time data"

Automatically and silently default to 1900 when an invalid date is encountered. Resolves some-programs#70
ILAsoft · Oct 6, 2017 · 27f03a5 · 27f03a5
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commit 27f03a5
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/exitwp.py b/exitwp.py
@@ -178,9 +178,9 @@ def gi(q, unicode_wrap=True, empty=False):
 
 def format_date(date_text,date_format):
     try:
-        datetime.strptime(date_text, date_format)
+        return datetime.strptime(date_text, date_format)
     except ValueError:
-        'None'
+        return datetime.strptime("1900-01-01 00:00:00", date_format)
 
 def write_jekyll(data, target_format):