Merge pull request #10465 from matplotlib/auto-backport-of-pr-10461

dstansby · web-flow · commit bd344ea486fb · 2018-02-15T15:10:58.000Z
Backport PR #10461 on branch v2.2.x
diff --git a/lib/matplotlib/dates.py b/lib/matplotlib/dates.py
@@ -725,7 +725,7 @@ def strftime(self, dt, fmt=None):
         fmt = fmt.replace("%s", "s")
         if dt.year >= 1900:
             # Note: in python 3.3 this is okay for years >= 1000,
-            # refer to http://bugs.python.org/issue177742
+            # refer to http://bugs.python.org/issue1777412
             return cbook.unicode_safe(dt.strftime(fmt))
 
         return self.strftime_pre_1900(dt, fmt)
