[issue8957] strptime(.., '%c') fails to parse output of strftime('%c', ..) in some locales

[STINNER Victor]

STINNER Victor <victor.stinner at haypocalc.com> added the comment:

On Linux, cfmt.py fails on fr_FR locale (the only valid locale in the list of tested locales):
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fr_FR [mer. 12 janv. 2011 11:30:35 CET] %a %d %B %Y %H:%M:%S %Z != %a %d %b %Y %T %Z
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The problem is the month format: locale.nl_langinfo(locale.D_T_FMT) returns '%a %d %b %Y %T %Z', but _strptime (LocaleTime().LC_date_time) uses '%a %d %B %Y %H:%M:%S %Z' => '%b' vs '%B'.

_strptime.LocalTime.__calc_date_time() uses strftime('%c') and then parse the output to get the complete format. But it uses strftime('%c') with the march month, and in french, march is formatted 'mars' for both month formats (%b *and* %B).

_strptime.LocalTime.__calc_date_time() should detect that the month has the same format with %b and %B, and try other timestamps (other months).

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