Hey all,

How can I get the current date & time (preferably as a DateTime.DateTime object) in DTML? I cannot instantiate a DateTime object, because the DateTime module is not imported.

<dtml-var ZopeTime fmt="%Y-%B-%d-%H:%M:%S"> or (preferably as a DateTime.DateTime object) <dtml-call "REQUEST.set('dateTimeObj',ZopeTime())"> PM

Ivan Raikov wrote:

How can I get the current date & time (preferably as a DateTime.DateTime object) in DTML? I cannot instantiate a DateTime object, because the DateTime module is not imported.

It is in _.DateTime. Plus, ZopeTime() should return the current time and date: <dtml-var ZopeTime> -- Itamar S.T. itamar@maxnm.com "It don't get thingier than that!"

On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, you wrote:

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Hey all,

How can I get the current date & time (preferably as a DateTime.DateTime object) in DTML? I cannot instantiate a DateTime object, because the DateTime module is not imported.

Thanks, Ivan Raikov

I saved this answer, because I thought I might need it -- might be what you need: ================================================================== From: "Eric L. Walstad" <ewalstad@energywright.com>To: jeffr@odeon.net Cc: zope@zope.org I think I've got the syntax, Jeff: <dtml-var "_.DateTime(birthday)" fmt=aCommon> - birthday is a field returned from my Z SQL Method - The "_.DateTime(birthday)" part creates a DateTime object - The '_' is a reference to the DTML namespace - The DateTime() function creates the DateTime object - The fmt=aCommon part formats it to look like: "May 7, 1966 12:00 am" You can change the format by changing the fmt=XXXX so that XXXX is the format you want from Appdx A of the Zope DTML reference. Eric. =============================================================== If the you the current time, you might also try using ZopeTime instead of "_.DateTime(birthday)". have fun! Luis.