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Babel locale tester
#!/usr/bin/env python3
from __future__ import print_function
import sys
import datetime
try:
import babel.dates
except ImportError:
print("Failed to import Babel. Did you run `pip install Babel`?")
sys.exit(1)
if sys.version_info[0] == 2:
# not recommended, but eh
lang = raw_input("Language code (as used in Nikola): ")
else:
lang = input("Language code (as used in Nikola): ")
# Babel uses a slightly different name for sr_latin
if lang == 'sr_latin':
lang = 'sr_Latn'
date = datetime.date.today()
print("Posts from {month_year} : ",
babel.dates.format_skeleton('yMMMM', date, locale=lang), sep='')
print("Posts from {month_day_year}: ",
babel.dates.format_date(date, 'long', lang), sep='')
print("MMMM month : ",
babel.dates.format_date(date, 'MMMM', lang), sep='')
print("LLLL month : ",
babel.dates.format_date(date, 'LLLL', lang), sep='')
print()
months = [babel.dates.format_date(datetime.date(1970, i, 1),
'MMMM', lang) for i in range(1, 13)]
lonths = [babel.dates.format_date(datetime.date(1970, i, 1),
'LLLL', lang) for i in range(1, 13)]
print("MMMM months:", ', '.join(months))
print("LLLL months:", ', '.join(lonths))
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