[Zope] Date and Time

[Jim Fulton]

Stephan Richter wrote:
> 
> hey guys,
> 
> sorry,
> i have another question:
> How can I display dates and time smart.
> 
> That what I did so far:
> I wrote an external method that returns a DateTime object.
> I call it: <!--#var get_current_time fmt=aCommon-->
> But I want to display everything like I wish using strftime syntax.

You can use strftime formats with date-time objects, as in:

   <!--#var get_current_time fmt="%Y/%m/%d"-->

Note that you can use ZopeTime to get the current time:

   <!--#var ZopeTime fmt="%Y/%m/%d"-->

> I tried to pass a format attribute to the external function, but I could not
> figure out, how to call this function with an attribute.

If the eternal method accepted keywork arguments, you could then use a 
similar syntax:

   <!--#var "get_current_time(fmt=;%Y/%m/%d')"-->


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