Add note on locales

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This script should work on Python 2.5 or above without any extra dependencies whatsoever. This script should work on Python 2.5 or above without any extra dependencies whatsoever.
A word of caution, though: make sure to check the date format on the resulting `mbox` files, since it is dependent on your locale. For best results, it might be best to set `LOCALE` to `en-us` on your shell before running the script.
## Contributing ## Contributing
I am accepting pull requests, but bear in mind that one of the goals of this script is to run on _older_ Python versions, so as to save sysadmins stuck in the Dark Ages the trouble of installing a newer Python (much to my own amazement, this was originally written in Python 2.3). I am accepting pull requests, but bear in mind that one of the goals of this script is to run on _older_ Python versions, so as to save sysadmins stuck in the Dark Ages the trouble of installing a newer Python (much to my own amazement, this was originally written in Python 2.3).