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Fixed #13188 -- Moved date format documentation from the now template…
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… tag to the date filter. Thanks, dwillis and timo.

Backport from trunk (r14013).

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.2.X@14021 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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now
~~~

Display the date, formatted according to the given string.
Display the current date and/or time, according to the given string.

Uses the same format as PHP's ``date()`` function (http://php.net/date)
with some custom extensions.

Available format strings:

================ ======================================== =====================
Format character Description Example output
================ ======================================== =====================
a ``'a.m.'`` or ``'p.m.'`` (Note that ``'a.m.'``
this is slightly different than PHP's
output, because this includes periods
to match Associated Press style.)
A ``'AM'`` or ``'PM'``. ``'AM'``
b Month, textual, 3 letters, lowercase. ``'jan'``
B Not implemented.
c ISO 8601 Format. ``2008-01-02T10:30:00.000123``
d Day of the month, 2 digits with ``'01'`` to ``'31'``
leading zeros.
D Day of the week, textual, 3 letters. ``'Fri'``
f Time, in 12-hour hours and minutes, ``'1'``, ``'1:30'``
with minutes left off if they're zero.
Proprietary extension.
F Month, textual, long. ``'January'``
g Hour, 12-hour format without leading ``'1'`` to ``'12'``
zeros.
G Hour, 24-hour format without leading ``'0'`` to ``'23'``
zeros.
h Hour, 12-hour format. ``'01'`` to ``'12'``
H Hour, 24-hour format. ``'00'`` to ``'23'``
i Minutes. ``'00'`` to ``'59'``
I Not implemented.
j Day of the month without leading ``'1'`` to ``'31'``
zeros.
l Day of the week, textual, long. ``'Friday'``
L Boolean for whether it's a leap year. ``True`` or ``False``
m Month, 2 digits with leading zeros. ``'01'`` to ``'12'``
M Month, textual, 3 letters. ``'Jan'``
n Month without leading zeros. ``'1'`` to ``'12'``
N Month abbreviation in Associated Press ``'Jan.'``, ``'Feb.'``, ``'March'``, ``'May'``
style. Proprietary extension.
O Difference to Greenwich time in hours. ``'+0200'``
P Time, in 12-hour hours, minutes and ``'1 a.m.'``, ``'1:30 p.m.'``, ``'midnight'``, ``'noon'``, ``'12:30 p.m.'``
'a.m.'/'p.m.', with minutes left off
if they're zero and the special-case
strings 'midnight' and 'noon' if
appropriate. Proprietary extension.
r RFC 2822 formatted date. ``'Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200'``
s Seconds, 2 digits with leading zeros. ``'00'`` to ``'59'``
S English ordinal suffix for day of the ``'st'``, ``'nd'``, ``'rd'`` or ``'th'``
month, 2 characters.
t Number of days in the given month. ``28`` to ``31``
T Time zone of this machine. ``'EST'``, ``'MDT'``
u Microseconds. ``0`` to ``999999``
U Seconds since the Unix Epoch
(January 1 1970 00:00:00 UTC).
w Day of the week, digits without ``'0'`` (Sunday) to ``'6'`` (Saturday)
leading zeros.
W ISO-8601 week number of year, with ``1``, ``53``
weeks starting on Monday.
y Year, 2 digits. ``'99'``
Y Year, 4 digits. ``'1999'``
z Day of the year. ``0`` to ``365``
Z Time zone offset in seconds. The ``-43200`` to ``43200``
offset for timezones west of UTC is
always negative, and for those east of
UTC is always positive.
================ ======================================== =====================
Given format can be one of the predefined ones ``DATE_FORMAT``,
``DATETIME_FORMAT``, ``SHORT_DATE_FORMAT`` or ``SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT``,
or a custom format, same as the :tfilter:`date` filter. Note that predefined
formats may vary depending on the current locale.

Example::

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This would display as "It is the 4th of September".

.. versionadded:: 1.2

The ``c`` and ``u`` format specification characters were added in Django 1.2.

.. templatetag:: regroup

regroup
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Formats a date according to the given format.

Given format can be one of the predefined ones ``DATE_FORMAT``,
``DATETIME_FORMAT``, ``SHORT_DATE_FORMAT`` or ``SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT``,
or a custom format, same as the :ttag:`now` tag. Note that predefined formats
may vary depending on the current locale.
Uses the same format as PHP's ``date()`` function (http://php.net/date)
with some custom extensions.

Available format strings:

================ ======================================== =====================
Format character Description Example output
================ ======================================== =====================
a ``'a.m.'`` or ``'p.m.'`` (Note that ``'a.m.'``
this is slightly different than PHP's
output, because this includes periods
to match Associated Press style.)
A ``'AM'`` or ``'PM'``. ``'AM'``
b Month, textual, 3 letters, lowercase. ``'jan'``
B Not implemented.
c ISO 8601 Format. ``2008-01-02T10:30:00.000123``
d Day of the month, 2 digits with ``'01'`` to ``'31'``
leading zeros.
D Day of the week, textual, 3 letters. ``'Fri'``
f Time, in 12-hour hours and minutes, ``'1'``, ``'1:30'``
with minutes left off if they're zero.
Proprietary extension.
F Month, textual, long. ``'January'``
g Hour, 12-hour format without leading ``'1'`` to ``'12'``
zeros.
G Hour, 24-hour format without leading ``'0'`` to ``'23'``
zeros.
h Hour, 12-hour format. ``'01'`` to ``'12'``
H Hour, 24-hour format. ``'00'`` to ``'23'``
i Minutes. ``'00'`` to ``'59'``
I Not implemented.
j Day of the month without leading ``'1'`` to ``'31'``
zeros.
l Day of the week, textual, long. ``'Friday'``
L Boolean for whether it's a leap year. ``True`` or ``False``
m Month, 2 digits with leading zeros. ``'01'`` to ``'12'``
M Month, textual, 3 letters. ``'Jan'``
n Month without leading zeros. ``'1'`` to ``'12'``
N Month abbreviation in Associated Press ``'Jan.'``, ``'Feb.'``, ``'March'``, ``'May'``
style. Proprietary extension.
O Difference to Greenwich time in hours. ``'+0200'``
P Time, in 12-hour hours, minutes and ``'1 a.m.'``, ``'1:30 p.m.'``, ``'midnight'``, ``'noon'``, ``'12:30 p.m.'``
'a.m.'/'p.m.', with minutes left off
if they're zero and the special-case
strings 'midnight' and 'noon' if
appropriate. Proprietary extension.
r RFC 2822 formatted date. ``'Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200'``
s Seconds, 2 digits with leading zeros. ``'00'`` to ``'59'``
S English ordinal suffix for day of the ``'st'``, ``'nd'``, ``'rd'`` or ``'th'``
month, 2 characters.
t Number of days in the given month. ``28`` to ``31``
T Time zone of this machine. ``'EST'``, ``'MDT'``
u Microseconds. ``0`` to ``999999``
U Seconds since the Unix Epoch
(January 1 1970 00:00:00 UTC).
w Day of the week, digits without ``'0'`` (Sunday) to ``'6'`` (Saturday)
leading zeros.
W ISO-8601 week number of year, with ``1``, ``53``
weeks starting on Monday.
y Year, 2 digits. ``'99'``
Y Year, 4 digits. ``'1999'``
z Day of the year. ``0`` to ``365``
Z Time zone offset in seconds. The ``-43200`` to ``43200``
offset for timezones west of UTC is
always negative, and for those east of
UTC is always positive.
================ ======================================== =====================

.. versionadded:: 1.2

The ``c`` and ``u`` format specification characters were added in Django 1.2.

For example::

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``datetime.datetime.now()``), the output will be the string
``'Wed 09 Jan 2008'``.

Another example:
Given format can be one of the predefined ones ``DATE_FORMAT``,
``DATETIME_FORMAT``, ``SHORT_DATE_FORMAT`` or ``SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT``,
or a custom format, same as the :ttag:`now` tag. Note that predefined formats
may vary depending on the current locale.

Assuming that :setting:`USE_L10N` is ``True`` and :setting:`LANGUAGE_CODE` is,
for example, ``"es"``, then for::
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Formats a time according to the given format.

Given format can be the predefined one ``TIME_FORMAT``, or a custom format,
same as the :ttag:`now` tag. Note that the predefined format is locale-
same as the :tfilter:`date` filter. Note that the predefined format is locale-
dependant.

The time filter will only accept parameters in the format string that relate
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