def deftime(context, dateval, extra=False,
switch_point=DEFTIME_SWITCH_POINT):
""" The 'default way of printing the date'. Use extra=True for the part
that goes into the title or something.
Summary: prints reltime for dates less than configured period (def. 24h)
and timestamp for other dates, or reverse of that for title. """
now = context['now']
datespan = now - time.mktime(dateval.timetuple())
oldenough = datespan > switch_point
# datets - now < - switching_point
if bool(extra) != bool(oldenough): # XOR
return dateval.strftime("%Y.%m.%d %H:%M:%S")
else:
return format_timedelta(datespan)
def render(self, context):
now = context.get('now', None)
extrakwa = {}
if now is None:
# Should never appen if template context processor
# is providing it.
now = time.mktime(datetime.datetime.now().timetuple())
context['now'] = now
try:
ndate = self.ndate.resolve(context)
if self.nlen is not None:
extrakwa['maxlen'] = \
template.Variable(self.nlen).resolve(context)
except template.VariableDoesNotExist:
return u''
if not isinstance(ndate, datetime.datetime):
return (u'?sometime?')
return format_timedelta(now - time.mktime(ndate.timetuple()),
**extrakwa)
