def serialize(self, value, display=False):
        if value is None:
            return b''
        return bytes(value)
>>> parse_month('1-Feb-2011')
dataset/ETHPy150Open mopidy/mopidy/mopidy/config/types.py/ConfigValue.serialize--crossover with--dataset/ETHPy150Open practo/r5d4/r5d4/mapping_functions.py/parse_month