Localized month names?

[Sibylle Koczian]

Benji York schrieb:
> Jarek Zgoda wrote:
> 
>> How do I get a list of localized month names for current locale? The
>> first thing that came to my mind was an ugly hack:
> 
> 
>>>> import locale
>>>> locale.nl_langinfo(locale.MON_1)
> 'January'
> 

What did you leave out? I get

Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "<pyshell#3>", line 1, in -toplevel-
    locale.nl_langinfo(locale.MON_1)
AttributeError: 'module' object has no attribute 'nl_langinfo'

(Python 2.4, german Windows XP Pro)

Moreover, 'January' is probably not localized.

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Dr. Sibylle Koczian
Universitaetsbibliothek, Abt. Naturwiss.
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e-mail : Sibylle.Koczian at Bibliothek.Uni-Augsburg.DE