=== modified file 'source/winKernel.py'
--- source/winKernel.py	2009-11-03 04:04:58 +0000
+++ source/winKernel.py	2009-11-10 16:03:44 +0000
@@ -74,12 +74,14 @@
 	return kernel32.GetThreadLocale()
 
 def GetDateFormat(Locale,dwFlags,lpDate,lpFormat):
-	buf=ctypes.create_unicode_buffer("", 32)
+	size=kernel32.GetDateFormatW(Locale, dwFlags, lpDate, lpFormat, 0, 0)
+	buf=ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(size)
 	kernel32.GetDateFormatW(Locale, dwFlags, lpDate, lpFormat, buf, ctypes.sizeof(buf))
 	return buf.value
 
 def GetTimeFormat(Locale,dwFlags,lpTime,lpFormat):
-	buf=ctypes.create_unicode_buffer("", 32)
+	size=kernel32.GetTimeFormatW(Locale,dwFlags,lpTime,lpFormat, 0, 0)
+	buf=ctypes.create_unicode_buffer(size)
 	kernel32.GetTimeFormatW(Locale,dwFlags,lpTime,lpFormat, buf, ctypes.sizeof(buf))
 	return buf.value