diff --git a/lingua_franca/format.py b/lingua_franca/format.py
old mode 100755
new mode 100644
index 2e7d18d4..994a996e
--- a/lingua_franca/format.py
+++ b/lingua_franca/format.py
@@ -28,7 +28,9 @@
     get_full_lang_code, get_default_lang, get_default_loc, \
     is_supported_full_lang, _raise_unsupported_language, \
     UnsupportedLanguageError, NoneLangWarning, InvalidLangWarning, \
-    FunctionNotLocalizedError, resolve_resource_file, FunctionNotLocalizedError
+    FunctionNotLocalizedError, resolve_resource_file, FunctionNotLocalizedError,\
+    get_primary_lang_code
+from lingua_franca.time import now_local
 
 
 _REGISTERED_FUNCTIONS = ("nice_number",
@@ -380,6 +382,38 @@ def nice_date_time(dt, lang='', now=None, use_24hour=False,
                                              use_ampm)
 
 
+@localized_function(run_own_code_on=[FunctionNotLocalizedError])
+def nice_day(dt, date_format='MDY', include_month=True, lang=""):
+    if include_month:
+        month = nice_month(dt, date_format, lang)
+        if date_format == 'MDY':
+            return "{} {}".format(month, dt.strftime("%d"))
+        else:
+            return "{} {}".format(dt.strftime("%d"), month)
+    return dt.strftime("%d")
+
+
+@localized_function(run_own_code_on=[FunctionNotLocalizedError])
+def nice_weekday(dt, lang=""):
+    if lang in date_time_format.lang_config.keys():
+        localized_day_names = list(
+            date_time_format.lang_config[lang]['weekday'].values())
+        weekday = localized_day_names[dt.weekday()]
+    else:
+        weekday = dt.strftime("%A")
+    return weekday.capitalize()
+
+
+@localized_function(run_own_code_on=[FunctionNotLocalizedError])
+def nice_month(dt, date_format='MDY', lang=""):
+    if lang in date_time_format.lang_config.keys():
+        localized_month_names = date_time_format.lang_config[lang]['month']
+        month = localized_month_names[str(int(dt.strftime("%m")))]
+    else:
+        month = dt.strftime("%B")
+    return month.capitalize()
+
+
 @localized_function(run_own_code_on=[UnsupportedLanguageError, FunctionNotLocalizedError])
 def nice_year(dt, lang='', bc=False):
     """
@@ -403,6 +437,34 @@ def nice_year(dt, lang='', bc=False):
     return date_time_format.year_format(dt, full_code, bc)
 
 
+@localized_function(run_own_code_on=[FunctionNotLocalizedError])
+def get_date_strings(dt=None, date_format='MDY', time_format="full", lang=""):
+    lang = get_primary_lang_code(lang)
+    dt = dt or now_local()
+    timestr = nice_time(dt, lang, speech=False,
+                         use_24hour=time_format == "full")
+    monthstr = nice_month(dt, date_format, lang)
+    weekdaystr = nice_weekday(dt, lang)
+    yearstr = dt.strftime("%Y")
+    daystr = nice_day(dt, date_format, include_month=False, lang=lang)
+    if date_format == 'MDY':
+        dtstr = dt.strftime("%-m/%-d/%Y")
+    elif date_format == 'DMY':
+        dtstr = dt.strftime("%d/%-m/%-Y")
+    elif date_format == 'YMD':
+        dtstr = dt.strftime("%Y/%-m/%-d")
+    else:
+        raise ValueError("invalid date_format")
+    return {
+        "date_string": dtstr,
+        "time_string": timestr,
+        "month_string": monthstr,
+        "day_string": daystr,
+        'year_string': yearstr,
+        "weekday_string": weekdaystr
+    }
+
+
 @localized_function(run_own_code_on=[FunctionNotLocalizedError])
 def nice_duration(duration, lang='', speech=True):
     """ Convert duration in seconds to a nice spoken timespan
diff --git a/lingua_franca/internal.py b/lingua_franca/internal.py
index 3e389181..497c0db1 100644
--- a/lingua_franca/internal.py
+++ b/lingua_franca/internal.py
@@ -561,6 +561,14 @@ def _call_localized_function(func, *args, **kwargs):
             # If we didn't find a localized function to correspond with
             # the wrapped function, we cached NotImplementedError in its
             # place.
+
+            # first account for the function not being present in any
+            # module, meaning all modules are falling back to a catch all
+            # parser, this usually means the function will need localization
+            # only in future languages not currently supported
+            if func_name not in _localized_functions[_module_name][lang_code]:
+                raise FunctionNotLocalizedError(func_name, lang_code)
+
             loc_signature = _localized_functions[_module_name][lang_code][func_name]
             if isinstance(loc_signature, type(NotImplementedError())):
                 raise loc_signature
diff --git a/lingua_franca/time.py b/lingua_franca/time.py
index 5ca5a920..463e0ab6 100644
--- a/lingua_franca/time.py
+++ b/lingua_franca/time.py
@@ -106,3 +106,16 @@ def to_system(dt):
     if not dt.tzinfo:
         dt = dt.replace(tzinfo=default_timezone())
     return dt.astimezone(tz)
+
+
+def is_leap_year(year):
+    return (year % 400 == 0) or ((year % 4 == 0) and (year % 100 != 0))
+
+
+def get_next_leap_year(year):
+    next_year = year + 1
+    if is_leap_year(next_year):
+        return next_year
+    else:
+        return get_next_leap_year(next_year)
+