>>> import time, locale
>>> time.strftime("%A")
'Sunday'
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, "")
'Czech_Czech Republic.1250'
>>> time.strftime("%A")
'ned\xecle'
>>>
>>> import time, locale
>>> time.strftime("%A")
'Sunday'
>>> locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, "")
'Czech_Czech Republic.1250'
>>> time.strftime("%A")
'ned\xecle'
>>>