Index: docutils-0.9.1/docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py

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--- docutils-0.9.1.orig/docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py

+++ docutils-0.9.1/docutils/parsers/rst/directives/misc.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ import sys

 import os.path

 import re

 import time

+import locale

 from docutils import io, nodes, statemachine, utils

 from docutils.error_reporting import SafeString, ErrorString

 from docutils.parsers.rst import Directive, convert_directive_function

@@ -474,6 +475,17 @@ class Date(Directive):

                 'a substitution definition.' % self.name)

         format = '\n'.join(self.content) or '%Y-%m-%d'

         text = time.strftime(format)

+        if sys.version_info< (3, 0):

+            try:

+                text = unicode(text, locale.getpreferredencoding())

+            except UnicodeError:

+                try:

+                    text = unicode(text, 'utf-8')

+                except UnicodeError:

+                    # Fallback to something that can decode all bytes to

+                    # something.  Alternative fallback would be to decode

+                    # with errors='replace'

+                    text = unicode(text, 'latin-1')

         return [nodes.Text(text)]