Merge 4d64bc5251 into d65d89183f

2020-09-26 02:16:32 -04:00 · 2020-09-26 02:16:32 -04:00 · 51e31b541c
parent d65d89183f 4d64bc5251
commit 51e31b541c
1 changed files with 4 additions and 1 deletions
--- a/youtube_dl/utils.py
+++ b/youtube_dl/utils.py
@ -3032,7 +3032,10 @@ def date_from_str(date_str):
        unit += 's'
        delta = datetime.timedelta(**{unit: time})
        return today + delta
-    return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, '%Y%m%d').date()
+    try:
+        return datetime.datetime.strptime(date_str, '%Y%m%d').date()
+    except ValueError:
+        sys.exit('ERROR: cannot parse datestring ' + date_str)


 def hyphenate_date(date_str):