def read(*parts):
    """
    Build an absolute path from *parts* and and return the contents of the
    resulting file.  Assume UTF-8 encoding.
    """
    with codecs.open(os.path.join(HERE, *parts), "rb", "utf-8") as f:
        return f.read()
def test_bad_isointervals():
    bad_intervals = [
        '2013-01T14:',
        '',
        'asdf',
        '01/01/2013',
    ]

    for bad_interval in bad_intervals:
        yield (
            assert_raises,
            Exception,
            inputs.iso8601interval,
            bad_interval,
        )