def date(self, date=None, format='medium'):
"""Return a date formatted according to the given pattern.
>>> from datetime import date
>>> fmt = Format('en_US')
>>> fmt.date(date(2007, 4, 1))
u'Apr 1, 2007'
"""
return format_date(date, format, locale=self.locale)
def test_format_date():
d = date(2007, 4, 1)
assert dates.format_date(d, locale="en_US") == u"Apr 1, 2007"
assert dates.format_date(d, format="full", locale="de_DE") == u"Sonntag, 1. April 2007"
assert dates.format_date(d, "EEE, MMM d, ''yy", locale="en") == u"Sun, Apr 1, '07"
def test_with_day_of_year_in_pattern_and_datetime_param(self):
# format_date should work on datetimes just as well (see #282)
d = datetime(2007, 4, 1)
self.assertEqual("14", dates.format_date(d, "w", locale="en_US"))