core/datetime_utils.py

from datetime import datetime
import locale

def get_french_datetime():
    try:
        locale.setlocale(locale.LC_TIME, "fr_FR.UTF-8")
    except:
        pass

    now = datetime.now()
    date_str = now.strftime("%A %d %B %Y")
    heure_str = now.strftime("%H:%M")

    return date_str, heure_str