From 05408de656942f3d7e46eeae2a33d163bdd43008 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Christian Geier <geier@lostpackets.de>
Date: Fri, 25 Oct 2013 00:01:45 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] got rid of enclosed 'b's in uids

---
 src/icalendar/tools.py | 5 ++++-
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/src/icalendar/tools.py b/src/icalendar/tools.py
index f5298d9..73fce73 100644
--- a/src/icalendar/tools.py
+++ b/src/icalendar/tools.py
@@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ from string import (
     digits,
 )
 from datetime import datetime
+from .parser_tools import to_unicode
 from .prop import (
     vText,
     vDatetime,
@@ -28,7 +29,9 @@ class UIDGenerator(object):
         Like:
             20050105T225746Z-HKtJMqUgdO0jDUwm@example.com
         """
+        host_name = to_unicode(host_name)
         unique = unique or self.rnd_string()
-        return vText('%s-%s@%s' % (vDatetime(datetime.today()).to_ical(),
+        today = to_unicode(vDatetime(datetime.today()).to_ical())
+        return vText('%s-%s@%s' % (today,
                                    unique,
                                    host_name))