--- a/frontends/primitivus/chat.py	Fri Aug 20 01:14:18 2010 +0800
+++ b/frontends/primitivus/chat.py	Fri Aug 20 01:14:47 2010 +0800
@@ -63,7 +63,7 @@
         render_txt = []
         if self.parent.show_timestamp:
             time_format = "%c" if self.timestamp < self.parent.day_change else "%H:%M" #if the message was sent before today, we print the full date
-            render_txt.append(('date',"[%s]" % time.strftime(time_format, self.timestamp)))
+            render_txt.append(('date',"[%s]" % time.strftime(time_format, self.timestamp).decode('utf-8')))
         if self.parent.show_short_nick:
             render_txt.append(('my_nick' if self.my_mess else 'other_nick',"**" if self.my_mess else "*"))
         else: