Using a Unicode format for Python's `time.strftime()`

Question

I am trying to call Python\'s time.strftime() function using a Unicode format string:

u\'%d\\u200f/%m\\u200f/%Y %H:%M:%S\'

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Answer 1

Many standard library functions still don't support Unicode the way they should. You can use this workaround:

import time
my_format = u'%d\u200f/%m\u200f/%Y %H:%M:%S'
my_time   = time.localtime()
time.strftime(my_format.encode('utf-8'), my_time).decode('utf-8')