Incorrect date in .kicad_sym file header?

[bschwind]

Running KiCad version (6.0.5-0), release build

I'm using part number C841192

$ JLC2KiCadLib C841192

If I import the schematic library as-is, I get:

If I modify the date from 05052022 to 20211014, it works fine.

If I modify the date to be 20220515 (as an example), KiCad complains that I need a newer version of KiCad in order to load the file.

The change was introduced here but I'm not entirely sure why.

[TousstNicolas]

I have no idea either.
I corrected it and uploaded it to PyPI, you can update it with pip install JLC2KiCadLib==1.0.5
Thanks for reporting it, and I apologize for the late response.

I will let you close the issue if it works as expected now.

[bschwind]

@TousstNicolas I ran pip install JLC2KiCadLib==1.0.5 (and pip3 install JLC2KiCadLib==1.0.5 just to be sure) and then JLC2KiCadLib C841192 but I'm still seeing the incorrect date in the file.

I don't use python often so it's possible something with my environment is messed up.

Thanks for reporting it, and I apologize for the late response.

No apologies needed! Thank you for this tool, it has already saved me a ton of time, I appreciate it.

[TousstNicolas]

Are you using the same .kicad_sym file ? When you try to recreate/add a symbol, the script will append/replace the symbol description to the same file, and the header will not be recreated. Try to delete the .kicad_sym library file and rerun the JLC2KiCadLib C841192 command and let me know if this works.

[bschwind]

@TousstNicolas I tried again after work today, with another invocation of pip3 install JLC2KiCadLib==1.0.5. It worked this time, so I'm not sure what was going on earlier in the day.

Thanks again for the fix, and for the tool!