Quering date and time field and render in template - django

Question

views.py
def new_report(request):
user = request.user
reports = Report.objects.filter(user=user)
today = datetime.datetime.today()
reports_today = reports.filter(created_date_time__year=today.year, created_date_time__month=today.month, created_date_time__day=today.day)
num_today = len(reports_today) + 1
num_today = str(num_today).zfill(3)
reportform = ReportForm()
if request.method == 'POST':
reportform = ReportForm(request.POST)
if reportform.is_valid():
report = reportform.save(commit=False)
report.user = user
report.created_date_time = today
return render(request, 'incident/new_report.html',
{
'newreport_menu': True,
'reports': reports,
'reportform':ReportForm,
})
models.py
class Report(models.Model):
user = models.ForeignKey(User, null=False)
incident_number = models.CharField('Incident Number', max_length=100)
device_id = models.CharField('Device Id', max_length=100)
app_uuid = models.CharField('Unique App Id', max_length=100)
created_date_time = models.DateTimeField('Created',auto_now=True)
template is
{{ reports.created_date_time|date:"j M Y g:i A" }}
Fetching the created_date_time from database and convert to this format 20 Jan2011 at 2:26PM to display in template.
To query the created_date_time from database and display into template.I am not getting any error in the code,i think some logic having problem so that it is not happening.

Answer 1

reports variable is accessed in template as it is a single Report object, but it is a list of Report object.
To access to the first item in list in template, use following syntax:
{{ reports.0.created_date_time|date:"j M Y g:i A" }}
Now, the easiest way to print date in format you've mentioned is:
{{ reports.0.created_date_time|date:"j M Y" }} at {{ reports.0.created_date_time|date:"g:i A" }}
But, to my mind, the better way is to create custom template filter, that will print the desired format.
your_app/templatetags/format_dates.py
from django.utils.dateformat import format
from django.template.base import Library
register = Library()
#register.filter(expects_localtime=True, is_safe=False)
def format_date(value):
if not value:
return u''
try:
return u"%s at %s" % (format(value, 'j M Y'), format(value, 'g:i A'))
except AttributeError:
return u''
and then in template:
{% load format_dates %}
...
{{ reports.0.created_date_time|format_date }}