`_parse_date()` crashes when passed `None`

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What steps will reproduce the problem?
Parse attached xml file.

What is the expected output? What do you see instead?
Something else than a crash.

What version of the product are you using? On what operating system?
Version 5.0.1. (r554). Python 2.5.4 on Windows XP.

Please provide any additional information below.
Problem is the invalid description of item:
<description>Foo/description>

Original issue reported on code.google.com by ampparit...@gmail.com on 7 Jun 2011 at 11:22

Attachments:

• feed.xml
• tb.txt

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This is occurring because feedparser is passing `None` to the date parsers, but 
isn't yet coded to catch TypeError exceptions. I'll fix this and add a unit 
test when I have time.

Original comment by kurtmckee on 13 Jun 2011 at 12:37

• Changed title: _parse_date() doesn't catch TypeErrors
• Changed state: Accepted

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Fixed in r557. Thanks for reporting this!

Original comment by kurtmckee on 18 Jun 2011 at 4:49

• Changed title: _parse_date() crashes when passed None
• Changed state: Fixed