utility for datetime json encoding

geocamUtil/datetimeJsonEncoder.py

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+from django.core.serializers.json import DjangoJSONEncoder
+
+
+class DatetimeJsonEncoder(DjangoJSONEncoder):
+    def default(self, obj):
+        if hasattr(obj, 'isoformat'):
+            return obj.isoformat()
+        return super(DatetimeJsonEncoder, self).default(obj)

geocamUtil/templatetags/utils.py

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+# __BEGIN_LICENSE__
+#Copyright (c) 2015, United States Government, as represented by the 
+#Administrator of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration. 
+#All rights reserved.
+#
+#The xGDS platform is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 
+#(the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. 
+#You may obtain a copy of the License at 
+#http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0.
+#
+#Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software distributed 
+#under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS, WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR 
+#CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied. See the License for the 
+#specific language governing permissions and limitations under the License.
+# __END_LICENSE__
+
+from django import template
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter
+def get_class_name(value):
+    return value.__class__.__name__