On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 22:22:15 +0100, Ferrous Cranus <nikos.gr...@gmail.com>
wrote:
Τη Πέμπτη, 21 Φεβρουαρίου 2013 10:14:13 μ.μ. UTC+2, ο χρήστης MRAB
έγραψε:
On 2013-02-21 19:38, Ferrous Cranus wrote:
> import datetime from datetime
Should be:
from datetime import datetime
>
> try:
> datetime.strptime( date, '%d %m %Y' )
That parses the date and discards the result.
> date = date.strptime( '%Y-%m-%d' )
'date' is a string, it doesn't have a 'strptime' method.
When you parsed the date you got a datetime object; _that_ has the
'strptime' method.
I don't need to store the date i just want to make sure is entered
correctly.
I would like to have the user type the date like
21 02 2013
and then convert it to 2013-02-21 because thats how mysql wants the date
in order to store it.
Please show me how to write this.
Also, can you show me how to write it that if so even if the user
entered date is wrong it doesn't just crash the cgi-script?i know i can
use tr: expect: but i want to avoid it, somehow i need to check the date
in the same if statemnt like i do with the other user defined varibles
for validity.
You *have* to try/expect in order to not have the script crash.
Think user typo: 21 02 2ß13
Personally, I'd use a javascript on the html so users can't POST invalid
dates.
I use mootools for that. It accepts 21/02/2013, 21-02-2013 and 21.02.13 as
input,
and you end up with 21.02.2013 posted to your cgi in any case.
Michael
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