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_date_later_than_1900(self):
        assert_equal(inputs.date("1900-01-01"), datetime(1900, 1, 1))