ERR non-ISO formats don't show position of error · Issue #50361 · pandas-dev/pandas (original) (raw)

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@MarcoGorelli

Trimming the tracebacks to make it clearer:

In [19]: to_datetime(['2020-01-01', 'foo'], format='%Y-%m-%d') # ISO, shows 'postion 1'

File ~/tmp/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/_libs/tslib.pyx:599, in pandas._libs.tslib.array_to_datetime()

ValueError: time data "foo" at position 1 doesn't match format specified

In [20]: to_datetime(['2020-01-01', 'foo'], format='%Y-%d-%m') # non-ISO, no position

File ~/tmp/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/_libs/tslibs/strptime.pyx:150, in pandas._libs.tslibs.strptime.array_strptime()

ValueError: time data 'foo' does not match format '%Y-%d-%m' (match)

In [21]: to_datetime(['2020-01-01', '9999-01-01'], format='%Y-%m-%d') # ISO, shows 'postion 1'

File ~/tmp/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/_libs/tslibs/np_datetime.pyx:212, in pandas._libs.tslibs.np_datetime.check_dts_bounds()

OutOfBoundsDatetime: Out of bounds nanosecond timestamp: 9999-01-01 00:00:00 present at position 1

In [22]: to_datetime(['2020-01-01', '9999-01-01'], format='%Y-%d-%m') # non-ISO, no position

File ~/tmp/.venv/lib/python3.8/site-packages/pandas/_libs/tslibs/np_datetime.pyx:212, in pandas._libs.tslibs.np_datetime.check_dts_bounds()

OutOfBoundsDatetime: Out of bounds nanosecond timestamp: 9999-01-01 00:00:00