[Zope-dev] least hacky way of cataloguing multiple dates

[Andy McKay]

> > I have multiple dates in a field as lines. What I would like to do is
call
> > objects queried on those dates... this seems very flaky has anyone tried
> > this? The best result so far is to hack the date in a string the text
index
> > likes such as Date2000-10-11.... ugghh. I can then query the text index.
>
> Untested:
>
> Make a method that returns a list of DateTime objects. You'll probably
> want to use a PythonMethod or an External Method.

Fortunately this is a class in Python so I have a list of DateTime's.

> Set your ZCatalog up to index these as a KeywordIndex.
>
> Then, query the ZCatalog as you would normally query a ZCatalog with a
> KeywordIndex, but ensure that you are using DateTime instances as your
> constraints in your query.

Hmm I still get no results where there should be some. The Catalog has it
indexed as [DateTime('2000/11/12'), DateTime('2000/11/13'),
DateTime('2000/11/14'), DateTime('2000/11/15')]... will keep fiddling.

Thanks.