Martijn Pieters wrote:

From: Darran Edmundson [mailto:dee124@rsphy1.anu.edu.au]

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Here's a strange one. I have a property StartDate (type date) set to "01/01/2000". Can someone please explain why the DTML snippet: <dtml-var StartDate> <dtml-var StartDate fmt="%Y"> renders as: 2000/01/01 1999

(More info on Zope formatting of dates and times can be found in the HowTo: http://www.zope.org/Members/AlexR/CustomDateFormats)

From the exact same How-To that you metion:

"Note that the output is GMT-based. So you cannot use these codes directly to format date and time values for say European timezones."

In that sentence lies the answer to your question.

_I_ still think it's a bug in Zope. ;) The DateTime module in python returns the proper format, ie. non-GMT-based. Any reason why Zope alters course here? I can't use them directly for here in the States, either. Makes a real mess out of what should be simple code. Bill -- In flying I have learned that carelessness and overconfidence are usually far more dangerous than deliberately accepted risks. -- Wilbur Wright in a letter to his father, September 1900