> I'm working on a brithdate/deathdate table and am having problems with > this limitation. Realize this is a result of python's datetime > strftime() issue but was wondering if anyone figured out a django > workaround that wasn't a total hackfest.
Since I haven't noticed much feedback on this, I'll toss in my experience. For some DOB/DOD dates I've tracked in projects, I've hit a number of such limitations: -as you discovered, many pieces don't like years <1900 as some DB engines fall over, the srtftime() balks at it, and other such issues. Fortunately, Python's datetime module seems smart enough about handling them for a much more generous range (through MIN_YEAR). -sometimes I've had parts of a date but not the whole thing (I know the day/month but not the year of a birthday, or I know the month/year of death but not the day) -sometimes I know a range of years/ages such as "this person was between the ages of 25-30" The closest I've come to a "solution" (which may not meet your "not a total hackfest" criterion) is to have four fields for each date, each allowed to be null/blank: the day-of-month, the month, the min_year and the max_year. So for the "this person was between 25-30", I just set today = datetime.date.today() thing.min_year = today.year - max_age thing.max_year = today.year - min_age I've got some convenience functions as well which calculate the age (returning a min/max tuple), and let you know if it's a less nebulous date. If I were more ambitious, I would take advantage of Django's ability to create custom field-types and make myself a "NebulousDateField" datatype to abstract that all out and make it easier to reuse. -tim --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
