How to display locale sensitive time format without seconds in python

Question

I can output a locale sensitive time format using strftime(\'%X\'), but this always includes seconds. How might I display this time format without seconds?

Answer 1

Consider ICU, and pyICU.

>>> from icu import *
>>> locale = Locale('en_US')
>>> dtpg = DateTimePatternGenerator.createInstance(locale)
>>> pattern = dtpg.getBestPattern('hm a')             
>>> sdf = SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale)           
>>> sdf.format(1507059935.0)                  
u'12:34 PM'
>>> locale = Locale('de_DE')
>>> dtpg = DateTimePatternGenerator.createInstance(locale)
>>> pattern = dtpg.getBestPattern('hm a')             
>>> sdf = SimpleDateFormat(pattern, locale)            
>>> sdf.format(1507059935.0)                   
u'12:34 nachm.'