Add date formatting filter

1 files changed, 8 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/famille.py b/famille.py
index 87a1118..e0fc798 100644
--- a/famille.py
+++ b/famille.py
@@ -7,6 +7,7 @@ from functools import wraps
 import hashlib
 from docutils import core
 from docutils.writers.html4css1 import Writer
+from datetime import datetime
 
 def rstify(string):
     w = Writer()
@@ -17,6 +18,13 @@ def rstify(string):
 app = Flask(__name__)
 app.config.from_envvar('CONF')
 
+@app.template_filter('format_date')
+def format_date(datetime_string, format="%a %d %b %Y"):
+    if not datetime_string:
+        return ""
+    return datetime.strptime(datetime_string[:-1],
+                             "%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S").strftime(format)
+
 def query_db(query, args=(), one=False):
     cur = g.db.execute(query, args)
     rv = cur.fetchone() if one else cur.fetchall()