Use python standard module to get weekdays
From @nik:
In [13]: locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, "de_DE.UTF-8")
Out[13]: 'de_DE.UTF-8'
In [14]: list(enumerate(calendar.day_name))
Out[14]:
[(0, 'Montag'),
(1, 'Dienstag'),
(2, 'Mittwoch'),
(3, 'Donnerstag'),
(4, 'Freitag'),
(5, 'Samstag'),
(6, 'Sonntag')]
In [18]: list(enumerate(calendar.day_abbr))
Out[18]: [(0, 'Mo'), (1, 'Di'), (2, 'Mi'), (3, 'Do'), (4, 'Fr'), (5, 'Sa'), (6, 'So')]