Paul McNett wrote: > Paul McNett wrote: >> Miguel Lopes wrote: >>> On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:59 PM, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> Paul McNett wrote: >>>>> However, it should be defaulting to the user's localization settings for >>>>> short date >>>>> format (operating on the principle that the user should be in ultimate >>>>> control over >>>>> the formatting of things). If it isn't, please let us know! >>>> I just confirmed that this is working on Windows XP. I went into 'regional >>>> and >>>> language settings', and selected "English (United Kingdom)" and then >>>> started my app. >>>> All the dates were messed up with the day showing before the month. :) >>>> >>>> Paul >>> I don't get the same on OSX Leopard (10.5.8) >>> I went to System Preferences | International | Formats >>> and then choosing alternative selections in the Region dropdown has no >>> effect on dabo's date formatting. >>> >>> My dates are still messed up with the day showing after the month. :) >> Dabo just delegates this to Python, using time.strftime() with the format of >> "%x". So >> I guess something on Mac isn't working correctly. What version of Python? > > I can confirm this problem on Mac Leopard 10.5.7, using python 2.5.4: > > >>> import datetime > >>> d = datetime.date.today() > >>> d > datetime.date(2009, 11, 9) > >>> import time > >>> print time.strftime("%x", d.timetuple()) > 11/09/09 > > (should have been "2009/11/09")
Also, I can't get it to work on Ubuntu either. Paul _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/dabo-users Searchable Archives: http://leafe.com/archives/search/dabo-users This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/[email protected]
