On 6 July, 10:55, AlienBaby <matt.j.war...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using datetime.strptime(string,format) to convert dates parsed > from a file into datetime objects. > > However, the files come from various places around the world, and > strptime fails when non-english month names are used. > > strptime says it converts month names using the current locales > version of the name. I've looked into the locale module but can't see > how I would setup.change a locales date/time representations, I can > only see categories related to decimal number / currency > representations. > > Can anyone show how I could change the locale such that strptime could > parse a date string that used say, German month names? > > Thankyou
I just solved this I believe. I didnt spot LC_ALL or LC_TIME previously. -- http://mail.python.org/mailman/listinfo/python-list
