Babel locale tester

babel_locale_tester.py

#!/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))