您可以像以下示例一样设置语言环境:
>>> import time
>>> print time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%s")
Sun, 23 Oct 2005 20:38:56
>>> import locale
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, "sv_SE") # swedish
'sv_SE'
>>> print time.strftime("%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%s")
sön, 23 okt 2005 20:39:15