gistfile1.py

#!/usr/bin/env python
import pygtk
import datetime
import locale
pygtk.require('2.0')

t = 'Fri May 09 02:38:22 +0000 2008'
print datetime.datetime.strptime(t, "%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y")
print datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.now(), '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y')
print locale.getlocale()

import gtk

class HelloWorld2:

    def callback(self, widget, data):
        _locale_default = locale.getlocale()
        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, ('en_US', 'UTF8'))
        print datetime.datetime.strftime(datetime.datetime.now(), '%a %b %d %H:%M:%S +0000 %Y')
        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, _locale_default)
        print "Hello again - %s was pressed" % data

    def delete_event(self, widget, event, data=None):
        gtk.main_quit()
        return gtk.FALSE
        
    def __init__(self):
        self.window = gtk.Window(gtk.WINDOW_TOPLEVEL)
        self.window.set_title("Hello Buttons!")
        
        self.window.connect("delete_event", self.delete_event)
        
        self.window.set_border_width(10)
        

        self.box1 = gtk.HBox(gtk.FALSE, 0)

        self.window.add(self.box1)
        
        self.button1 = gtk.Button("Button 1")
        self.button1.connect("clicked", self.callback, "button 1")
        self.box1.pack_start(self.button1, gtk.TRUE, gtk.TRUE, 0)
        
        self.button2 = gtk.Button("Button 2")
        self.button2.connect("clicked", self.callback, "button 2")
        self.box1.pack_start(self.button2, gtk.TRUE, gtk.TRUE, 0)

        self.button1.show()
        self.button2.show()
        self.box1.show()
        self.window.show()

    def main(self):
        gtk.main()
    
if __name__ == "__main__":
    hello = HelloWorld2()
    hello.main()