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_invalid_isointerval_error():
    try:
        inputs.iso8601interval('2013-01-01/blah')
    except ValueError as error:
        assert_equal(
            str(error),
            "Invalid argument: 2013-01-01/blah. argument must be a valid ISO8601 "
            "date/time interval.",
        )
        return
    assert False, 'Should raise a ValueError'