you are right. I think this is now fixed on google code (not on github because I am behind a firewall and cannot push to github right now).
Massimo On Thursday, 16 August 2012 00:42:34 UTC-5, Anthony wrote: > > Massimo, note that prettydate() does fail silently due to a try/except > (the except returns '') -- see > https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/web2py/Rguuny9E3X8/-a976Tjx4EIJ%5B1-25%5D > . > > Anthony > > On Thursday, August 16, 2012 1:14:47 AM UTC-4, Massimo Di Pierro wrote: >> >> Try: >> >> {{=prettydate(item.timestamp)}} {{=item.timestamp}} to check there is >> actually something to display. >> >> functions cannot fail silently in view. If they are executed and fail, >> they raise an exception. >> >> On Wednesday, 15 August 2012 22:24:08 UTC-5, Pystar wrote: >>> >>> still doesnt work >>> >>> On Wednesday, August 15, 2012 1:45:47 AM UTC+1, Pystar wrote: >>>> >>>> OK, After doing type(item.now). I discovered that web2py is escaping my >>>> retrieved data from the database and converting everything into strings. >>>> And since prettydate() doesnt work on strings but datetime objects, it >>>> fails. >>>> For this prettydate to work in the views, I would have to >>>> import datetime and do >>>> datetime.datetime.strptime(item.now, [format]) in order to format the >>>> datetime object that has now being converted into a string back to a >>>> datetime object and then allow prettydate() to work its magic. The only >>>> problem I am having now is knowing the correct format to pass to the >>>> strptime() function as all I have used is raising this error: "2012-08-15 >>>> 01:38:15.019797' does not match format '%Y, %m, %d, %H, %M, %S, %f'" >>>> I need help thanks >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:57:45 PM UTC+1, Pystar wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It fails silently, it outputs nothing. >>>>> >>>>> On Tuesday, August 14, 2012 11:34:54 PM UTC+1, Anthony wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> item.now is a field in my database whose default value is request.now. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Yes, I understand, but can you report the error raised as well as >>>>>> checking the type of item.now? >>>>>> >>>>>> Anthony >>>>>> >>>>> --
