diff --git a/src/calibre/utils/date.py b/src/calibre/utils/date.py
index 50b98b39b8..c5fba13f57 100644
--- a/src/calibre/utils/date.py
+++ b/src/calibre/utils/date.py
@@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ class SafeLocalTimeZone(tzlocal):
 def compute_locale_info_for_parse_date():
     try:
         dt = datetime.strptime('1/5/2000', "%x")
-    except ValueError:
+    except:
         try:
             dt = datetime.strptime('1/5/01', '%x')
         except: