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<dtml-in expr="get_records()"> <dtml-var ID> <dtml-var expr="_.DateTime(adate).strftime('%d-%b')"> </dtml-in>

I have tried all sorts of syntax to get a result, with no result.

Question 1: Can someone tell me the correct syntax please? Your syntax is good.

But, if your field "adate" is defined as a date in your table, it probably is already a "DateTime" object. Try to remove the "_.DateTime(...)", just use "adate".

Yes it is a date string, but I need to format it to be easy to read. I assumed I could do that with DateTime.

I guess Dieter meant: <dtml-var "adate.strftime('%d-%b')"> cheers, oliver