bpo-40275: test.support imports lazily locale import (GH-19761)

diff --git a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
index bd2157496fe006dbfd6d49230fcf548c7566c923..d2418282afc11161f4a15fffa877cba981c06771 100644 (file)
--- a/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
+++ b/Lib/test/support/__init__.py
@@ -13,7 +13,6 @@ import gc
 import glob
 import importlib
 import importlib.util
-import locale
 import os
 import platform
 import re
@@ -2311,6 +2310,7 @@ def skip_if_buggy_ucrt_strfptime(test):
     See bpo-37552 [Windows] strptime/strftime return invalid
     results with UCRT version 17763.615
     """
+    import locale
     global _buggy_ucrt
     if _buggy_ucrt is None:
         if(sys.platform == 'win32' and