[issue27264] python 3.4 vs. 3.5 strftime same locale different output on Windows

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[issue27264] python 3.4 vs. 3.5 strftime same locale different output on Windows

Eryk Sun added the comment: The universal CRT that's used by 3.5+ implements locales using Windows locale names [1], which were introduced in Vista. Examples for Spanish include 'es', 'es-ES', and 'es-ES_tradnl' . The latter is the traditional sort for Spain, which has the 3-letter abbreviatio

[issue27264] python 3.4 vs. 3.5 strftime same locale different output on Windows

New submission from David Perra: The execution of these commands in python 3.4.x (Windows 10 Home) import locale from datetime import datetime locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, 'Spanish') datetime.strftime(datetime.now(), '%a %d %b %Y') renders the output 'Spanish_Spain.1252'