I would like to convert datetime.ctime() values to Unicode. Using Python 2.6.4 running under Windows I can set my locale to Spanish like below:
>>> import locale >>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'esp' ) Then I can pass %a, %A, %b, and %B to ctime() to get day and month names and abbreviations. >>> import datetime >>> dateValue = datetime.date( 2010, 5, 15 ) >>> dayName = dateValue.strftime( '%A' ) >>> dayName 's\xe1bado' How do I convert the 's\xe1bado' value to Unicode? Specifically what encoding do I use? I'm thinking I might do something like the following, but I'm not sure this is the right approach. >>> codePage = locale.getdefaultlocale()[ 1 ] >>> dayNameUnicode = unicode( dayName, codePage ) >>> dayNameUnicode u's\xe1bado' Feedback appreciated. Regards, Malcolm -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
