IERS data not downloading #13024

In [1]: from astropy.time import Time
   ...: Time.now().ut1
Downloading https://hpiers.obspm.fr/iers/bul/bulc/Leap_Second.dat
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Downloading ftp://anonymous:mail%[email protected]/pub/products/iers/finals2000A.all from https://datacenter.iers.org/data/9/finals2000A.all
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ValueError                                Traceback (most recent call last)
<ipython-input-1-50505784fe6d> in <module>
      1 from astropy.time import Time
----> 2 Time.now().ut1

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/time/core.py in __getattr__(self, attr)
   1334                 else:
   1335                     tm = self.replicate()
-> 1336                     tm._set_scale(attr)
   1337                     if tm.shape:
   1338                         # Prevent future modification of cached array-like object

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/time/core.py in _set_scale(self, scale)
    582                     pass
    583                 else:
--> 584                     args.append(get_dt(jd1, jd2))
    585                     break
    586 

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/time/core.py in _get_delta_ut1_utc(self, jd1, jd2)
   2039         if not hasattr(self, '_delta_ut1_utc'):
   2040             from astropy.utils.iers import earth_orientation_table
-> 2041             iers_table = earth_orientation_table.get()
   2042             # jd1, jd2 are normally set (see above), except if delta_ut1_utc
   2043             # is access directly; ensure we behave as expected for that case

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/utils/state.py in get(cls)
     38         Get the current science state value.
     39         """
---> 40         return cls.validate(cls._value)
     41 
     42     @classmethod

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/utils/iers/iers.py in validate(cls, value)
    860     def validate(cls, value):
    861         if value is None:
--> 862             value = IERS_Auto.open()
    863         if not isinstance(value, IERS):
    864             raise ValueError("earth_orientation_table requires an IERS Table.")

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/utils/iers/iers.py in open(cls)
    692             return cls.iers_table
    693 
--> 694         cls.iers_table = cls.read(file=filename)
    695         cls.iers_table.meta['data_url'] = all_urls[0]
    696 

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/utils/iers/iers.py in read(cls, file, readme)
    545             readme = IERS_A_README
    546 
--> 547         iers_a = super().read(file, format='cds', readme=readme)
    548 
    549         # Combine the A and B data for UT1-UTC and PM columns

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/table/connect.py in __call__(self, *args, **kwargs)
     60         descriptions = kwargs.pop('descriptions', None)
     61 
---> 62         out = self.registry.read(cls, *args, **kwargs)
     63 
     64         # For some readers (e.g., ascii.ecsv), the returned `out` class is not

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/io/registry/core.py in read(self, cls, format, cache, *args, **kwargs)
    197 
    198             reader = self.get_reader(format, cls)
--> 199             data = reader(*args, **kwargs)
    200 
    201             if not isinstance(data, cls):

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/connect.py in io_read(format, filename, **kwargs)
     16         format = re.sub(r'^ascii\.', '', format)
     17         kwargs['format'] = format
---> 18     return read(filename, **kwargs)
     19 
     20 

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/ui.py in read(table, guess, **kwargs)
    374         else:
    375             reader = get_reader(**new_kwargs)
--> 376             dat = reader.read(table)
    377             _read_trace.append({'kwargs': copy.deepcopy(new_kwargs),
    378                                 'Reader': reader.__class__,

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/cds.py in read(self, table)
    341                     return table
    342         else:
--> 343             return super().read(table)

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/core.py in read(self, table)
   1379                                      self.include_names, self.exclude_names)
   1380 
-> 1381         table = self.outputter(self.header.cols, self.meta)
   1382         self.cols = self.header.cols
   1383 

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/core.py in __call__(self, cols, meta)
   1115         # Sets col.data to numpy array and col.type to io.ascii Type class (e.g.
   1116         # FloatType) for each col.
-> 1117         self._convert_vals(cols)
   1118 
   1119         t_cols = [numpy.ma.MaskedArray(x.data, mask=x.mask)

~/soft/Python-3.8.1/lib/python3.8/site-packages/astropy/io/ascii/core.py in _convert_vals(self, cols)
   1058                 # If there are no converters left here then fail.
   1059                 if not col.converters:
-> 1060                     raise ValueError(f'Column {col.name} failed to convert: {last_err}')
   1061 
   1062                 converter_func, converter_type = col.converters[0]

ValueError: Column year failed to convert: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '<!'

from astropy.time import Time
Time.now().ut1

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pyerfa 2.0.0
astropy 5.0
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Numpy 1.22.2
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astropy 5.0.1
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