[ZPT] Equivalent for <dtml-var dateobj fmt=ISO>?

[Casey Duncan]

DateTime objects have a strftime method useful for formatting. For exampl=
e:

<span tal:replace=3D"python:here.ZopeTime().strftime('%m/%d/%Y')" />

Inserts: 03/13/2002

If you use the same date format in lots of places, I would suggest creati=
ng a=20
python script called something like "fmtDate" with a single parameter "da=
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that does the formatting (so you can change it everywhere from one place)=
:

return date.strftime('whatever fmt')

Then you can do:

<span tal:replace=3D"python:here.fmtDate(here.aDate)" />

hth,

Casey

P.S. This would be another example of where Shane's piping idea might hel=
p,=20
but that's another story.


On Tuesday 13 August 2002 11:22 am, Jean Jordaan wrote:
> Hi all
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> Bit of a newbie question I guess:
> what's the ZPT equivalent for <dtml-var dateobj fmt=3DISO>?
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> The best lead I've found so far, was:
> http://www.zope.org/Documentation/Books/ZopeBook/2_6Edition/AdvZPT.stx#=
4-102
> which says:
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>    the "standard" module in this package provides a number of useful
>    formatting functions that are standard in the DTML "var" tag.
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> to be got at like so:
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>    tal:define=3D"global pps modules/Products/PythonScripts/standard"
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> The fmt functionality is in DT_Var.py, which I'd guess is accessible
> as:
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>    tal:define=3D"global dtvar modules/DocumentTemplate/DT_Var"
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> But what would I do with 'dtvar'?
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> Jean Jordaan
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