OHHH this is really impressive. I didn't really think of that. Thanks! Now I have another concept loaded under my belt. Hhaha
THank! On Feb 26, 12:18 am, Russell Keith-Magee <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 26, 2011 at 1:09 PM, John Yeukhon Wong > > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Suppose we have a django page using > > django.views.generic.date_based.object_detail (or even archive_index.. > > actually doesn't really matter...) > > > In the model class I saved the datetime.datetime.now which suppose to > > include the day, month, year, and time. > > > But I have no idea how to access the time part when i am using this > > generic views > > > What I want is Feb 26, 2011, 01:12:04 AM > > I can get the calendar part by {{ object.pub_date}} > > > How do I get the time part? > > The answer doesn't really have anything to do with class based views > -- it's a templating issue. > > Your model has a field that contains a datetime field -- a single > field, called pub_date, that contains a date component and a time > component. When you output {{ object.pub_date }}, it's outputting the > entire date-time content. If you want to only show the time component, > you have two options: > > 2) Call the time() method on the pub_date attribute. > > {{ object.pub_date.time }} > > This is possible because all datetime objects (whichs is what > object.pub_date is returning) have a built-in method called time() > that returns the time component, and Django's template engine will > traverse (and invoke) built-in methods as part of the dot-notation > syntax. > > 1) Use the |date filter to only print time-related components. > > {{ object.pub_date|date:"P" }} > > would output "1:12 AM". This is ultimately the most flexible approach, > because you can determine exactly how dates are displayed. See the > docs on the date filter [1] for other formatting options. > > [1]http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/templates/builtins/#date > > Yours > Russ Magee %-) -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.

