unable to parse birth date

[GuysBarash]

When i run:

   wikidata_client = Client()
    entity = wikidata_client.get('Q1893392', load=True)
    p = wikidata_client.get('P21')
    gender = entity[p].label
    p = wikidata_client.get('P569')
    birthdate = entity[p].label  # <---- Fail here`

The error is: Traceback (most recent call last): File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\IPython\core\interactiveshell.py", line 3326, in run_code exec(code_obj, self.user_global_ns, self.user_ns) File "", line 7, in birthdate = entity[p].label File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\wikidata\entity.py", line 160, in getitem result = self.getlist(key) File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\wikidata\entity.py", line 191, in getlist for snak in (claim['mainsnak'] for claim in claims)] File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\wikidata\entity.py", line 191, in for snak in (claim['mainsnak'] for claim in claims)] File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\wikidata\client.py", line 178, in decode_datavalue return decode(self, datatype, datavalue) File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\wikidata\datavalue.py", line 127, in call return method(client, datavalue) File "C:\Python37\lib\site-packages\wikidata\datavalue.py", line 210, in time datavalue wikidata.datavalue.DatavalueError: 9: time precision other than 11 or 14 is unsupported: {'type': 'time', 'value': {'time': '+1905-01-01T00:00:00Z', 'timezone': 0, 'before': 0, 'after': 0, 'precision': 9, 'calendarmodel': 'http://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q1985727'}}

[nicholaiTukanov]

Were you able to figure anything out? I am having the same issue, and I'm lost when trying to debug it.

[nicholaiTukanov]

Maybe @dahlia can give us some insight. However, it seems like he hasn't touched the code for about 5 months.

[Yorwba]

In the case of Q1893392, the problem is that the exact date of birth is not given, only the year. Python doesn't have a native data type for years, so the conversion from Wikidata's format isn't implemented.

You can fix this either by finding a more accurate source and updating the Wikidata entry (I've done that a few times) or, if that's not an option, treat it the same as missing data.

Alternatively, you could submit a PR to this repo that supports data and time values with different precision from the native Python types. Personally, I've chosen option 2.

[dahlia]

Maybe @dahlia can give us some insight. However, it seems like he hasn't touched the code for about 5 months.

Indeed, recently I haven't managed to look into the project. However, if someone sends a patch to fix this I am going to review it as soon as possible.

In the case of Q1893392, the problem is that the exact date of birth is not given, only the year. Python doesn't have a native data type for years, so the conversion from Wikidata's format isn't implemented.

Year numbers could be represented as a simple int.