[Zope] - strftime for DateTime

[skip@calendar.com (Skip Montanaro)]

    Simon> I'm going to be incredibly dumb now and ask if this can now be
    Simon> accessed through DTML and how.

If you apply the patch I posted to the DateTime.py file in the
lib/python/DateTime package, yes, you should be able to.  As for using it,
suppose you call a document template with a DateTime object named start.  As
Jim pointed out, you could then execute

    >>> import DocumentTemplate, DateTime, time
    >>> t = DocumentTemplate.HTML('<!--#var start fmt="%Y/%m/%d"-->')
    >>> start = DateTime.DateTime(time.time())
    >>> t(start=start)
    '1999/01/07'

You will generally have more complex examples than this, but this should
serve to demonstrate the capability.

    Simon> I'm a perl/CGI veteran looking for a way not to reinvent the
    Simon> wheel for a reasonably idiot proof semi-public music/artist
    Simon> presentation service and if I get my head around it, Zope is the
    Simon> one. A recipe book for the basic functions would be a great help
    Simon> though, and I'll pitch my hand in for anything I can help with)

There are tutorials floating around the Zope web site.  I'm only using the Z
Publisher and DTML pieces at this point, because I don't need all the
document and user management stuff that Zope shines at.

Also, note my .sig.  Perhaps we have something non-Zopish to discuss
off-line...

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