On Wednesday, February 9, 2011 3:31:53 PM UTC, creecode wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm trying to use the now template tag < > http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.2/ref/templates/builtins/#now > > with the predefined format DATE_FORMAT and the now tag seems to be > processing the predefined format as a custom format. > > I tried... > > {% now "DATE_FORMAT" %} > > ...and get back... > > WedAMPSTEPST0FebE_February-0800RFebAMPST > > Any thoughts on what I'm doing wrong? > > I'm using Django 1.2.x, have USE_I18N and USE_L10N set to True, and > LANGUAGE_CODE is 'en-us' in settings.py. > > Toodle-loooooooo > creecode >
This is very bizarre. Obviously, what's happening is that the string "DATE_FORMAT" is being interpreted as a literal date format, instead of a reference to your locale's actual date string. What's even more bizarre is that it appears that the documentation is flat-out wrong: the "now" tag does not take the "DATE_FORMAT" parameter, like the "date" filter does. No idea why, or why no-one's noticed it until now. I've confirmed that this is the case in 1.2.4, and the code hasn't changed in trunk. It would be worth raising a ticket for this. -- DR. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en.
