Why am I receiving this error using BackTrader on Python?

I am trying to learn how to use the backtrader module on Python. I copied the code directly from the website but receiving an error message.

Here is the website: https://www.backtrader.com/docu/quickstart/quickstart/

I downloaded S&P500 stock data from Yahoo Finance and saved it into an excel file named 'SPY'. Here is the code so far:

from __future__ import (absolute_import, division, print_function,
                        unicode_literals)

import datetime  # For datetime objects
import os.path  # To manage paths
import sys  # To find out the script name (in argv[0])

# Import the backtrader platform
import backtrader as bt

if __name__ == '__main__':
    # Create a cerebro entity
    cerebro = bt.Cerebro()

    # Datas are in a subfolder of the samples. Need to find where the script is
    # because it could have been called from anywhere
    modpath = os.path.dirname(os.path.abspath(sys.argv[0]))
    datapath = os.path.join(modpath, 'C:\\Users\\xboss\\Desktop\\SPY.csv')

    # Create a Data Feed
    data = bt.feeds.YahooFinanceCSVData(
        dataname=datapath,
        # Do not pass values before this date
        fromdate=datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1),
        # Do not pass values after this date
        todate=datetime.datetime(2000, 12, 31),
        reverse=False)

    # Add the Data Feed to Cerebro
    cerebro.adddata(data)

    # Set our desired cash start
    cerebro.broker.setcash(100000.0)

    # Print out the starting conditions
    print('Starting Portfolio Value: %.2f' % cerebro.broker.getvalue())

    # Run over everything
    cerebro.run()

    # Print out the final result
    print('Final Portfolio Value: %.2f' % cerebro.broker.getvalue())

Here is the error that I am receiving:

C:\Users\xboss\PycharmProjects\BackTraderDemo\venv\Scripts\python.exe C:/Users/xboss/PycharmProjects/BackTraderDemo/backtrader_quickstart.py
Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "C:/Users/xboss/PycharmProjects/BackTraderDemo/backtrader_quickstart.py", line 39, in <module>
    cerebro.run()
  File "C:\Users\xboss\PycharmProjects\BackTraderDemo\venv\lib\site-packages\backtrader\cerebro.py", line 1127, in run
    runstrat = self.runstrategies(iterstrat)
  File "C:\Users\xboss\PycharmProjects\BackTraderDemo\venv\lib\site-packages\backtrader\cerebro.py", line 1212, in runstrategies
    data.preload()
  File "C:\Users\xboss\PycharmProjects\BackTraderDemo\venv\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feed.py", line 688, in preload
    while self.load():
Starting Portfolio Value: 100000.00
  File "C:\Users\xboss\PycharmProjects\BackTraderDemo\venv\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feed.py", line 479, in load
    _loadret = self._load()
  File "C:\Users\xboss\PycharmProjects\BackTraderDemo\venv\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feed.py", line 710, in _load
    return self._loadline(linetokens)
  File "C:\Users\xboss\PycharmProjects\BackTraderDemo\venv\lib\site-packages\backtrader\feeds\yahoo.py", line 129, in _loadline
    dt = date(int(dttxt[0:4]), int(dttxt[5:7]), int(dttxt[8:10]))
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '1/29'

Process finished with exit code 1

Does anyone have any suggestions? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you so much for your time!

You get the error because of using custom csv with YahooFinanceCSVData method.

You should import them using GenericCSVData method.

data = btfeed.GenericCSVData(
    dataname='SPY.csv',

    fromdate=datetime.datetime(2000, 1, 1),
    todate=datetime.datetime(2000, 12, 31),

    nullvalue=0.0,

    dtformat=('%Y-%m-%d'),

    datetime=0,
    high=1,
    low=2,
    open=3,
    close=4,
    volume=5,
    openinterest=-1
)

For more information you can see the instruction here