ChimeraX startup: unsupported locale setting

[tony.schaefer@…]

The following bug report has been submitted:
Platform:        Windows-10-10.0.17763
ChimeraX Version: 1.0rc202005242323 (2020-05-24 23:23:37 UTC)
Description
I started ChimeraX and these was a startup error

Log:
Startup Errors  
---  
error | Bundle 'ChimeraX-Registration' custom initialization failed  
warning | Traceback (most recent call last):  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\toolshed\info.py", line 342, in initialize  
api._api_caller.initialize(api, session, self)  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\site-
packages\chimerax\core\toolshed\\__init__.py", line 1571, in initialize  
return cls._get_func(api, "initialize")(session, bi)  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\site-
packages\chimerax\registration\\__init__.py", line 41, in initialize  
nag(session)  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\site-
packages\chimerax\registration\nag.py", line 28, in nag  
if not check_registration(logger=session.logger):  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\site-
packages\chimerax\registration\nag.py", line 49, in check_registration  
return _check_expiration(param, logger)  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\site-
packages\chimerax\registration\nag.py", line 130, in _check_expiration  
expires = _expiration_time(param)  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\site-
packages\chimerax\registration\nag.py", line 151, in _expiration_time  
locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, "en_US.UTF-8")  
File "D:\ChimeraX 1.0rc202005242323\bin\lib\locale.py", line 608, in setlocale  
return _setlocale(category, locale)  
locale.Error: unsupported locale setting  
  

> cd "C:\Users\Tony Schaefer/Desktop"

Current working directory is: C:\Users\Tony Schaefer\Desktop  
UCSF ChimeraX version: 1.0rc202005242323 (2020-05-24)  
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OpenGL version: 3.3.0 NVIDIA 445.75
OpenGL renderer: GeForce RTX 2070/PCIe/SSE2
OpenGL vendor: NVIDIA Corporation
Manufacturer: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
Model: To Be Filled By O.E.M.
OS: Microsoft Windows 10 Education (Build 17763)
Memory: 17,107,533,824
MaxProcessMemory: 137,438,953,344
CPU: 16 AMD Ryzen 7 2700X Eight-Core Processor         "
PyQt version: 5.12.3
Compiled Qt version: 5.12.4
Runtime Qt version: 5.12.8

[tony.schaefer@…]

I'm still getting this error on startup in 1.1.dev202006240047

I tried importing nag and running it myself in the shell. I did
```
from chimerax.registration.nag import nag
nag(session)
```

I didn't get any error when I ran nag in the shell. I also added some debug lines to the locale module so I could see what it was using when locale.setlocale was run. I saw the same values right after startup and when I run nag in the shell.
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Sent: Tuesday, May 26, 2020 1:12 PM
Cc: conrad@cgl.ucsf.edu <conrad@cgl.ucsf.edu>; gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu <gregc@cgl.ucsf.edu>; Anthony James Schaefer <tony.schaefer@uga.edu>
Subject: Re: [ChimeraX] #3306: ChimeraX startup: unsupported locale setting (was: ChimeraX bug report submission)

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#3306: ChimeraX startup: unsupported locale setting
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          Reporter:  tony.schaefer@…  |      Owner:  Conrad Huang
              Type:  defect           |     Status:  assigned
          Priority:  normal           |  Milestone:
         Component:  Core             |    Version:
        Resolution:                   |   Keywords:
        Blocked By:                   |   Blocking:
Notify when closed:                   |   Platform:  all
           Project:  ChimeraX         |
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Changes (by Eric Pettersen):

 * status:  new => assigned
 * cc: Greg Couch (added)
 * component:  Unassigned => Core
 * project:   => ChimeraX
 * platform:   => all
 * owner:  (none) => Conrad Huang


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[Tom Goddard]

Conrad is retired. Seems pretty important to not get registration errors on startup.

[Greg Couch]

Changed code to use hardcoded strftime and strptime for our time format in English, instead of changing the locale. All registration dates, that are shown to the user, are in the user's locale.