From a4c77f88d0ca52b9c236c95a16b2a527f811c0e6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: marc <a01200356@itesm.mx>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2016 23:02:53 -0500
Subject: [PATCH] [fix] exception if locale doesn't have a date format occitan,
 for example

---
 searx/utils.py | 8 +++++++-
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/searx/utils.py b/searx/utils.py
index c027bff20..aa8ce92a1 100644
--- a/searx/utils.py
+++ b/searx/utils.py
@@ -206,7 +206,13 @@ def format_date_by_locale(date, locale_string):
     if locale_string == 'all':
         locale_string = settings['ui']['default_locale'] or 'en_US'
 
-    return format_date(date, locale=locale_string)
+    # to avoid crashing if locale is not supported by babel
+    try:
+        formatted_date = format_date(date, locale=locale_string)
+    except:
+        formatted_date = format_date(date, "YYYY-MM-dd")
+
+    return formatted_date
 
 
 def dict_subset(d, properties):