How do I strftime a date object in a different locale?

Question

I have a date object in python and I need to generate a time stamp in the C locale for a legacy system, using the %a (weekday) and %b (month) codes. However I do not wish to

Answer 1

take a look to the pytz package

you can use like this

import pytz
UTC = pytz.timezone('UTC') # utc
fr = pytz.timezone('Europe/Paris') #your local
from datetime import datetime
date = datetime.now(fr)
dateUTC = date.astimezone(UTC)

strftime will render in the timezone specified

for have month name in the locale use calendar for example :

import calendar
print calendar.month_name[dateUTC.month] #will print in the locale

inspect more deeply calendar for having more information