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

[Peter Bengtsson]

DTML 
<dtml-var ZopeTime> == <dtml-var "ZopeTime()">
Python Script

timeobject = context.ZopeTime()
day = timeobject.strftime('%A')

Hope this helps!

peter

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mike Blake" <mike.blake@cellnetwork.com>
To: <zope@zope.org>
Sent: Thursday, May 10, 2001 1:56 PM
Subject: [Zope] ZopeTime() in python script ...


> Hi!
> 
> I have a messy dtml block that returns a yyyymmdd date
> string using zope time:
> 
> # <dtml-var "(ZopeTime()).year()"
> # ><dtml-if 
> #     expr="(ZopeTime()).month()<10"
> #     >0<dtml-var "(ZopeTime()).month()"
> # ><dtml-else
> #     ><dtml-var "(ZopeTime()).month()"
> # ></dtml-if
> # ><dtml-if 
> #     expr="(ZopeTime()).day()<10"
> #     >0<dtml-var "(ZopeTime()).day()"
> # ><dtml-else
> #     ><dtml-var "(ZopeTime()).day()"
> # ></dtml-if> 
> 
> 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
> 
> --
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> Mike Blake
> 
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