diff --git a/.github/workflows/windows.yml b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
index b2ad28be..f1d11c8f 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/windows.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/windows.yml
@@ -53,6 +53,6 @@ jobs:
 
     - name: Test
       working-directory: ${{runner.workspace}}/build
-      run: ctest -C ${{matrix.build_type}}
+      run: ctest -C ${{matrix.build_type}} -V
       env:
         CTEST_OUTPUT_ON_FAILURE: True
diff --git a/include/fmt/chrono.h b/include/fmt/chrono.h
index 3cc4b1aa..898dcd14 100644
--- a/include/fmt/chrono.h
+++ b/include/fmt/chrono.h
@@ -683,34 +683,50 @@ FMT_CONSTEXPR const Char* parse_chrono_format(const Char* begin,
   return ptr;
 }
 
-struct chrono_format_checker {
-  FMT_NORETURN void report_no_date() { FMT_THROW(format_error("no date")); }
+template <typename Derived> struct null_chrono_spec_handler {
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void unsupported() {
+    static_cast<Derived*>(this)->unsupported();
+  }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_abbr_weekday() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_full_weekday() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_dec0_weekday(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_dec1_weekday(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_abbr_month() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_full_month() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_24_hour(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_12_hour(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_minute(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_second(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_datetime(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_loc_date(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_loc_time(numeric_system) { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_us_date() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_iso_date() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_12_hour_time() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_24_hour_time() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_iso_time() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_am_pm() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_duration_value() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_duration_unit() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_utc_offset() { unsupported(); }
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_tz_name() { unsupported(); }
+};
+
+struct chrono_format_checker : null_chrono_spec_handler<chrono_format_checker> {
+  FMT_NORETURN void unsupported() { FMT_THROW(format_error("no date")); }
 
   template <typename Char>
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_text(const Char*, const Char*) {}
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_abbr_weekday() { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_full_weekday() { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_dec0_weekday(numeric_system) { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_dec1_weekday(numeric_system) { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_abbr_month() { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_full_month() { report_no_date(); }
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_24_hour(numeric_system) {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_12_hour(numeric_system) {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_minute(numeric_system) {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_second(numeric_system) {}
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_datetime(numeric_system) { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_loc_date(numeric_system) { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_loc_time(numeric_system) { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_us_date() { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_iso_date() { report_no_date(); }
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_12_hour_time() {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_24_hour_time() {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_iso_time() {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_am_pm() {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_duration_value() {}
   FMT_CONSTEXPR void on_duration_unit() {}
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_utc_offset() { report_no_date(); }
-  FMT_NORETURN void on_tz_name() { report_no_date(); }
 };
 
 template <typename T, FMT_ENABLE_IF(std::is_integral<T>::value)>
@@ -1080,6 +1096,81 @@ struct chrono_formatter {
 
 FMT_END_DETAIL_NAMESPACE
 
+#if defined(__cpp_lib_chrono) && __cpp_lib_chrono >= 201907
+using weekday = std::chrono::weekday;
+#else
+// A fallback version of weekday.
+class weekday {
+ private:
+  unsigned char value;
+
+ public:
+  weekday() = default;
+  explicit constexpr weekday(unsigned wd) noexcept
+      : value(static_cast<unsigned char>(wd != 7 ? wd : 0)) {}
+  constexpr unsigned c_encoding() const noexcept { return value; }
+};
+#endif
+
+// A rudimentary weekday formatter.
+template <> struct formatter<weekday> {
+ private:
+  bool localized = false;
+
+ public:
+  FMT_CONSTEXPR auto parse(format_parse_context& ctx) -> decltype(ctx.begin()) {
+    auto begin = ctx.begin(), end = ctx.end();
+    if (begin != end && *begin == 'L') {
+      ++begin;
+      localized = true;
+    }
+    return begin;
+  }
+
+  auto format(weekday wd, format_context& ctx) -> decltype(ctx.out()) {
+    auto tm = std::tm();
+    tm.tm_wday = static_cast<int>(wd.c_encoding());
+    auto&& os = std::ostringstream();
+    using iterator = std::ostreambuf_iterator<char>;
+    auto& loc = localized ? ctx.locale().template get<std::locale>()
+                          : std::locale::classic();
+    const auto& tp = std::use_facet<std::time_put<char, iterator>>(loc);
+    auto fmt = string_view("%a");
+    auto end =
+        tp.put(iterator(os.rdbuf()), os, ' ', &tm, fmt.begin(), fmt.end());
+    if (end.failed()) FMT_THROW(format_error("failed to format time"));
+    auto s = os.str();
+    if (detail::is_utf8() && localized) {
+      // char16_t codecvt is broken in MSVC.
+      using code_unit = conditional_t<FMT_MSC_VER, wchar_t, char16_t>;
+      auto& f =
+          std::use_facet<std::codecvt<code_unit, char, std::mbstate_t>>(loc);
+      auto mb = std::mbstate_t();
+      const char* from_next = nullptr;
+      code_unit* to_next = nullptr;
+      constexpr size_t buf_size = 100;
+      code_unit buf[buf_size] = {};
+      auto result = f.in(mb, s.data(), s.data() + s.size(), from_next, buf,
+                         buf + buf_size, to_next);
+      if (result != std::codecvt_base::ok)
+        FMT_THROW(format_error("failed to format time"));
+      s.clear();
+      for (code_unit* p = buf; p != to_next; ++p) {
+        code_unit c = *p;
+        if (c < 0x80) {
+          s.push_back(static_cast<char>(c));
+        } else if (c < 0x800) {
+          s.push_back(static_cast<char>(0xc0 | (c >> 6)));
+          s.push_back(static_cast<char>(0x80 | (c & 0x3f)));
+        } else {
+          FMT_THROW(format_error("failed to format time"));
+        }
+      }
+    }
+    return std::copy(s.begin(), s.end(), ctx.out());
+  }
+};
+
 template <typename Rep, typename Period, typename Char>
 struct formatter<std::chrono::duration<Rep, Period>, Char> {
  private:
diff --git a/test/chrono-test.cc b/test/chrono-test.cc
index f7096ca7..998d32eb 100644
--- a/test/chrono-test.cc
+++ b/test/chrono-test.cc
@@ -8,9 +8,12 @@
 #include "fmt/chrono.h"
 
 #include "gtest-extra.h"  // EXPECT_THROW_MSG
+#include "util.h"         // get_locale
 
 using fmt::runtime;
 
+using testing::Contains;
+
 auto make_tm() -> std::tm {
   auto time = std::tm();
   time.tm_mday = 1;
@@ -246,26 +249,15 @@ auto format_tm(const std::tm& time, fmt::string_view spec,
   return os.str();
 }
 
+TEST(chrono_test, locale) {
+  auto loc = get_locale("ja_JP.utf8");
+  if (loc == std::locale::classic()) return;
 #  define EXPECT_TIME(spec, time, duration)                     \
     {                                                           \
       auto jp_loc = std::locale("ja_JP.utf8");                  \
       EXPECT_EQ(format_tm(time, spec, jp_loc),                  \
                 fmt::format(jp_loc, "{:L" spec "}", duration)); \
     }
-
-TEST(chrono_test, locale) {
-  auto loc_name = "ja_JP.utf8";
-  bool has_locale = false;
-  auto loc = std::locale();
-  try {
-    loc = std::locale(loc_name);
-    has_locale = true;
-  } catch (const std::runtime_error&) {
-  }
-  if (!has_locale) {
-    fmt::print("{} locale is missing.\n", loc_name);
-    return;
-  }
   EXPECT_TIME("%OH", make_hour(14), std::chrono::hours(14));
   EXPECT_TIME("%OI", make_hour(14), std::chrono::hours(14));
   EXPECT_TIME("%OM", make_minute(42), std::chrono::minutes(42));
@@ -384,4 +376,14 @@ TEST(chrono_test, unsigned_duration) {
   EXPECT_EQ("42s", fmt::format("{}", std::chrono::duration<unsigned>(42)));
 }
 
+TEST(chrono_test, format_weekday) {
+  auto loc = get_locale("ru_RU.UTF-8");
+  std::locale::global(loc);
+  EXPECT_EQ(fmt::format("{}", fmt::weekday(1)), "Mon");
+  if (loc != std::locale::classic()) {
+    EXPECT_THAT((std::vector<std::string>{"пн", "Пн"}),
+                Contains(fmt::format(loc, "{:L}", fmt::weekday(1))));
+  }
+}
+
 #endif  // FMT_STATIC_THOUSANDS_SEPARATOR
diff --git a/test/unicode-test.cc b/test/unicode-test.cc
index bceadc61..821b1344 100644
--- a/test/unicode-test.cc
+++ b/test/unicode-test.cc
@@ -5,7 +5,25 @@
 //
 // For the license information refer to format.h.
 
-#include "fmt/core.h"
-#include "gtest/gtest.h"
+#include <vector>
 
-TEST(unicode_test, is_utf8) { EXPECT_TRUE(fmt::detail::is_utf8()); }
\ No newline at end of file
+#include "fmt/chrono.h"
+#include "gmock/gmock.h"
+#include "util.h"  // get_locale
+
+using testing::Contains;
+
+TEST(unicode_test, is_utf8) { EXPECT_TRUE(fmt::detail::is_utf8()); }
+
+TEST(unicode_test, legacy_locale) {
+  auto loc = get_locale("ru_RU.CP1251");
+  if (loc == std::locale::classic()) return;
+  try {
+    EXPECT_THAT(
+        (std::vector<std::string>{"День недели: пн", "День недели: Пн"}),
+        Contains(fmt::format(loc, "День недели: {:L}", fmt::weekday(1))));
+  } catch (const fmt::format_error& e) {
+    // Formatting can fail due to unsupported encoding.
+    fmt::print("Format error: {}\n", e.what());
+  }
+}
diff --git a/test/util.cc b/test/util.cc
index 931b9fec..06eb0407 100644
--- a/test/util.cc
+++ b/test/util.cc
@@ -26,3 +26,12 @@ fmt::buffered_file open_buffered_file(FILE** fp) {
 #endif
   return f;
 }
+
+std::locale get_locale(const char* name) {
+  try {
+    return std::locale(name);
+  } catch (const std::runtime_error&) {
+    fmt::print(stderr, "{} locale is missing.\n", name);
+  }
+  return std::locale::classic();
+}
diff --git a/test/util.h b/test/util.h
index c82b31cb..09f94016 100644
--- a/test/util.h
+++ b/test/util.h
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@
 
 #include <cstdarg>
 #include <cstdio>
+#include <locale>
 #include <string>
 
 #include "fmt/os.h"
@@ -75,3 +76,6 @@ class date {
   int month() const { return month_; }
   int day() const { return day_; }
 };
+
+// Returns a locale with the given name if available or classic locale othewise.
+std::locale get_locale(const char* name);