[issue29457] strftime('%x') does not use my locale

[Eryk Sun]

Eryk Sun added the comment:

As Martin said, you need to set the LC_TIME category using an empty string to use the locale LC_* environment variables. Python 3 sets LC_CTYPE at startup (on Unix platforms only), but LC_TIME is left in the initial C locale:

    >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_CTYPE, None)
    'en_DK.UTF-8'
    >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, None)
    'C'
    >>> time.strftime('%x')
    '02/06/17'

    >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, "")
    'en_DK.UTF-8'
    >>> time.strftime('%x')
    '2017-02-06'

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nosy: +eryksun
resolution:  -> not a bug
stage:  -> resolved
status: open -> closed

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