[NumPy-Tickets] [NumPy] #1909: Datetime related build error on Windows

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#1909: Datetime related build error on Windows
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 Reporter:  rgommers    |       Owner:  mwiebe      
     Type:  defect      |      Status:  needs_review
 Priority:  normal      |   Milestone:  Unscheduled 
Component:  numpy.core  |     Version:  devel       
 Keywords:  datetime    |  
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Comment(by rgommers):

 Under Python 2.5 the tests are better behaved; localtime lookup simply
 fails with an OSError:

 {{{
 ======================================================================
 ERROR: test_blasdot.test_dot_3args
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.3-py2.5.egg\nose\case.py",
 line 186, in runTest
     self.test(*self.arg)
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\tests\test_blasdot.py",
 line 51, in test_dot_3args
     np.dot(f,v,r)
 TypeError: function takes exactly 2 arguments (3 given)

 ======================================================================
 ERROR: test_blasdot.test_dot_3args_errors
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\python25\lib\site-packages\nose-0.11.3-py2.5.egg\nose\case.py",
 line 186, in runTest
     self.test(*self.arg)
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\tests\test_blasdot.py",
 line 69, in test_dot_3args_errors
     assert_raises(ValueError, np.dot, f, v, r)
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 1007,
 in assert_raises
     return nose.tools.assert_raises(*args,**kwargs)
   File "Z:\Users\rgommers\.wine\drive_c\Python25\lib\unittest.py", line
 320, in failUnlessRaises
     callableObj(*args, **kwargs)
 TypeError: function takes exactly 2 arguments (3 given)

 ======================================================================
 ERROR: test_datetime_array_str (test_datetime.TestDateTime)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\tests\test_datetime.py",
 line 514, in test_datetime_array_str
     formatter={'datetime': lambda x :
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\arrayprint.py", line 437,
 in array2string
     separator, prefix, formatter=formatter)
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\arrayprint.py", line 242,
 in _array2string
     'int' : IntegerFormat(data),
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\arrayprint.py", line 630,
 in __init__
     len(str(minimum.reduce(data))))
 OSError: Failed to use localtime to get a local time

 ======================================================================
 FAIL: test_timedelta_scalar_construction (test_datetime.TestDateTime)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\tests\test_datetime.py",
 line 219, in test_timedelta_scalar_construction
     assert_equal(str(np.timedelta64(3, 's')), '3 seconds')
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 313,
 in assert_equal
     raise AssertionError(msg)
 AssertionError:
 Items are not equal:
  ACTUAL: '%lld seconds'
  DESIRED: '3 seconds'

 ======================================================================
 FAIL: Test basic arithmetic function errors
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\tests\test_numeric.py",
 line 329, in test_floating_exceptions
     np.power, ftype(2), ftype(2**fi.nexp))
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\core\tests\test_numeric.py",
 line 270, in assert_raises_fpe
     "Type %s did not raise fpe error '%s'." % (ftype, fpeerr))
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 34, in
 assert_
     raise AssertionError(msg)
 AssertionError: Type <type 'numpy.float64'> did not raise fpe error
 'overflow'.

 ======================================================================
 FAIL: test_two_keys_two_vars (test_recfunctions.TestJoinBy2)
 ----------------------------------------------------------------------
 Traceback (most recent call last):
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-
 packages\numpy\lib\tests\test_recfunctions.py", line 677, in
 test_two_keys_two_vars
     assert_equal(test, control)
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\ma\testutils.py", line 120, in
 assert_equal
     return assert_array_equal(actual, desired, err_msg)
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\ma\testutils.py", line 193, in
 assert_array_equal
     header='Arrays are not equal')
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\ma\testutils.py", line 186, in
 assert_array_compare
     verbose=verbose, header=header)
   File "C:\Python25\Lib\site-packages\numpy\testing\utils.py", line 635,
 in assert_array_compare
     raise AssertionError(msg)
 AssertionError:
 Arrays are not equal

 (mismatch 100.0%)
  x: array([(10, 0, 50, 65, 10, 0), (11, 0, 51, 66, 11, 1),
        (10, 1, 52, 67, 12, 2), (11, 1, 53, 68, 13, 3),
        (10, 2, 54, 69, 14, 4), (11, 2, 55, 70, 15, 5),...
  y: array([(10L, 0L, 50L, 65L, 10L, 0L), (11L, 0L, 51L, 66L, 11L, 1L),
        (10L, 1L, 52L, 67L, 12L, 2L), (11L, 1L, 53L, 68L, 13L, 3L),
        (10L, 2L, 54L, 69L, 14L, 4L), (11L, 2L, 55L, 70L, 15L, 5L),...

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 Ran 3060 tests in 25.198s

 FAILED (KNOWNFAIL=8, SKIP=7, errors=3, failures=3)
 <nose.result.TextTestResult run=3060 errors=3 failures=3>
 }}}

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