Work around bug. Fixes #18.

jaydebeapi/__init__.py

@@ -595,8 +595,12 @@ def _to_date(rs, col):
     java_val = rs.getDate(col)
     if not java_val:
         return
-    d = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(java_val)[:10], "%Y-%m-%d")
-    return d.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    # The following code requires Python 3.3+ on dates before year 1900.
+    # d = datetime.datetime.strptime(str(java_val)[:10], "%Y-%m-%d")
+    # return d.strftime("%Y-%m-%d")
+    # Workaround / simpler soltution (see
+    # https://github.com/baztian/jaydebeapi/issues/18):
+    return str(java_val)[:10]
 
 def _to_binary(rs, col):
     java_val = rs.getObject(col)

test/test_mock.py

@@ -66,7 +66,6 @@ class MockTest(unittest.TestCase):
         except jaydebeapi.DatabaseError as e:
             self.assertEquals(str(e), "java.sql.SQLException: expected")
 
-
     def test_runtime_exception_on_execute(self):
         self.conn.jconn.mockExceptionOnExecute("java.lang.RuntimeException", "expected")
         cursor = self.conn.cursor()