[Zope] ZopeTime() in python script ...

[andres@corrada.com]

On Thu, May 10, 2001 at 01:56:17PM +0200, Mike Blake wrote:
> This works, BUT I would like to forget the dtml 
> and just write it in python. Something like this?:
> 
> # str=""
> # str = str + ZopeTime().year()
> # if ZopeTime().month()<10:
> #     str = str + "0"
> # str = str + ZopeTime().month()
> # if ZopeTime().month()<10:
> #     str = str + "0"
> # str = str + ZopeTime().day()
> # return str
> 
> But this gives an error:
>   Error Type: NameError
>   Error Value: ZopeTime
> 
> I have this as a python script object and although
> it would return a string ok, I get an error when
> trying to access ZopeTime(). 
> 
> I am currently losing my mind trying different 
> arguments and import statements, but getting nowhere
> fast. How do I access the variables and methods 
> (those that would normally be available to a dtml
> method) in a python script?
> 
> thanks,
> mike
> 
> --
> [morcilla@ketden.com chikoon]$ whoami
> Mike Blake
> 

You can access objects available under dtml by using "context" or
"container". So something like:

context.ZopeTime()

should work.

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