X-Git-Url: https://git.madduck.net/etc/taskwarrior.git/blobdiff_plain/bf3ebdee73154eef706afd22e5700e0860587b9a..65a1431e753fccbbc735a58491b395070081dc8a:/tasklib/task.py

diff --git a/tasklib/task.py b/tasklib/task.py
index e0e1040..b9103d1 100644
--- a/tasklib/task.py
+++ b/tasklib/task.py
@@ -262,8 +262,10 @@ class SerializingObject(object):
                 # If the value is already localized, there is no need to change
                 # time zone at this point. Also None is a valid value too.
                 localized = value
-        elif isinstance(value, six.string_types):
+        elif (isinstance(value, six.string_types)
+                and self.warrior.version > VERSION_2_4_0):
             # For strings, use 'task calc' to evaluate the string to datetime
+            # available since TW 2.4.0
             args = value.split()
             result = self.warrior.execute_command(['calc'] + args)
             naive = datetime.datetime.strptime(result[0], DATE_FORMAT_CALC)