[Zope] Manipulating Dates in Zope

[Andreas Jung]

All dates inside Zope are represented by instances of the DateTime
class (lib/python/DateTime.py). This class and its API is documented
in the online help and in the Zope Book (www.zope.org/Members/Michel/ZB).

Andreas
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From: <complaw@hal-pc.org>
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Sent: Tuesday, December 04, 2001 16:50
Subject: [Zope] Manipulating Dates in Zope


> Is there a way in Zope (preferably in a python script rather than DTML) to
> manipulate dates so that you can calculate the date, say, six months ahead
> (regardless of the intermediate months having 28/29/30/31 days)?
>
> Some dates must be calculated on increments other than days.  For example,
a
> response to something may be due three months from the present date (e.g.,
> February 4, 2002) or five years from the present date (e.g., December 4,
2006).
> Simply adding days would not take into account months that have more/less
than
> 30 days.
>
> Does Zope/python have any tools that can be employed for the above in a
python
> script?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Ron
>
>
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