From 03976b650d0e96251a63a9510d23fff7d9aec2d1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Antoine Brenner <antoine@gymglish.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2014 20:43:19 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] Fix unittest issue related to python2/python3 differences

The test_datetime test passed on python3 but not python2 because
datetime.strftime is a byte string in python2, and a unicode string in python3

This patch allows the test to pass in both python2 and python3 (3.3+ only)
---
 pelican/tests/test_contents.py | 10 ++++++++--
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
index 4c6f8ed1..27d2a897 100644
--- a/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
+++ b/pelican/tests/test_contents.py
@@ -129,9 +129,15 @@ class TestPage(unittest.TestCase):
         page_kwargs['metadata']['date'] = dt
         page = Page(**page_kwargs)
 
-        self.assertEqual(page.locale_date,
-            dt.strftime(DEFAULT_CONFIG['DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT']))
+        # page.locale_date is a unicode string in both python2 and python3
+        dt_date = dt.strftime(DEFAULT_CONFIG['DEFAULT_DATE_FORMAT']) 
+        # dt_date is a byte string in python2, and a unicode string in python3
+        # Let's make sure it is a unicode string (relies on python 3.3 supporting the u prefix)
+        if type(dt_date) != type(u''):
+            # python2:
+            dt_date = unicode(dt_date, 'utf8')
 
+        self.assertEqual(page.locale_date, dt_date )
         page_kwargs['settings'] = get_settings()
 
         # I doubt this can work on all platforms ...