datetime in python ridiculous error [duplicate]

Question

When I type

datetime.date(2104,06,08)

or

datetime.date(2014,06,09)

I get an error

File "<stdin>", line 1
 datetime.date(2014,06,08)
                       ^
SyntaxError: invalid token

But when I remove the zero in '08' or '09' it works. The problem seems to be only with 8 and 9 and not with any other numbers. If anyone knows a work around, it would be great

Answer 1

A number literal starting with 0 is interpreted as octal (base 8). 8 and 9 aren't octal digits.

Just don't use leading zeros.