Creating the time view example from chapter 3

Manny Blum · Manny Blum · commit 0dbb05e2c496 · 2011-06-01T17:22:59.000-04:00
diff --git a/urls.py b/urls.py
@@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
 from django.conf.urls.defaults import * 
-from mysite.views import hello
+from mysite.views import hello, current_datetime
 
 # Uncomment the next two lines to enable the admin:
 # from django.contrib import admin
@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@
     # url(r'^$', 'mysite.views.home', name='home'),
     # url(r'^mysite/', include('mysite.foo.urls')),
     url('^hello/$', hello),
+    url('^time/$', current_datetime),
     # Uncomment the admin/doc line below to enable admin documentation:
     # url(r'^admin/doc/', include('django.contrib.admindocs.urls')),
 
diff --git a/views.py b/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,10 @@
 from django.http import HttpResponse
+import datetime
 
 def hello(request):
     return HttpResponse("Hello World")
+
+def current_datetime(request):
+    now = datetime.datetime.now()
+    html = "<html><body>It is now %s.</body></html>" % now
+    return HttpResponse(html)
