[Zope] Date and Time

[Joe Grace]

Dear Zopistas,

is there a subtle trick to using date and time from a folder property or
using the
fmt="%[A-Za-z]" options?  When I use

    &dtml-var "_[ 'sequence-item'].date" fmt="aCommon";

the date and time shows me the date and time according to the local
timezone
(Pacific Standard Time) just as I need it.  However, when I use

    &dtml-var "_[ 'sequence-item'].date" fmt="%a %m/%d %x %X %c";
fmt="aCommon"

all the dates and times are 7 hours ahead (GMT?).  I'm looking at the
python module docs
(http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html) and wondering
why I can't
extract the correct information according to the local timezone (as
fmt="aCommon"
seems to do).

Am I doing something wrong or just plain overlooking something?  Any
Zope Zen
hint(s) would be appreciated!

Thanks,

= Joe =


Jim Fulton wrote:

> 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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