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
>>>>
>>>
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