def calendar_page(request, cur_date=None): c = get_common_context(request) if cur_date: c['date'] = cur_date cur_date = datetime.datetime.strptime(cur_date, '%d.%m.%Y').date() else: cur_date = datetime.datetime.now().date() c['date'] = cur_date.strftime('%d.%m.%Y') c['left_col'], c['right_col'] = Article.get_by_date(cur_date) return render_to_response('calendar.html', c, context_instance=RequestContext(request))