Index: Lib/test/test_strptime.py =================================================================== --- Lib/test/test_strptime.py (revision 76697) +++ Lib/test/test_strptime.py (working copy) @@ -274,10 +274,11 @@ self.helper('S', 5) def test_fraction(self): + # Test microseconds import datetime - now = datetime.datetime.now() - tup, frac = _strptime._strptime(str(now), format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f") - self.assertEqual(frac, now.microsecond) + d = datetime.datetime(2012, 12, 20, 12, 34, 56, 78987) + tup, frac = _strptime._strptime(str(d), format="%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S.%f") + self.assertEqual(frac, d.microsecond) def test_weekday(self): # Test weekday directives