def get_month_choices():
    """
    Get the choices for months using the locale
    """
    import locale
    locale.setlocale(locale.LC_ALL, '')
    output = [('00', '------')]
    for i in range(1, 13):
        output.append(('%02d' % i, locale.nl_langinfo(getattr(locale, 
            'ABMON_%s' % i))))
    return output
