DateFormat should have a b() method

[Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@…>]

The date-based generic views use %b as the default month formatter:

def archive_day(... month_format='%b' ...):
[snip]
        date = datetime.date(*time.strptime(year+month+day, '%Y'+month_format+day_format)[:3])

and in my template I would like to link to the previous/next day with something like:

<a href="/log/{{ previous_day|date:"Y/b/d/" }}">Previous day</a>

but can't since django.utils.dateformat.DateFormat has no b() method.

Note that you could work around this using the lower template filter:

<a href="/log/{{ previous_day|date:"Y/M/d/"|lower }}">Previous day</a>

but having to work around this seems silly since %b is the default used in the generic views.

[Gary Wilson <gary.wilson@…>]

patch and docs

[Jacob]

(In [4574]) Fixed #3488: send_mail no longer uses settings in function default arguments. Thanks to Per Jonsson for the patch.

[Jacob]

D'oh, I meant #3448. My dyslexia is really acting up these days.

[Jacob]

(In [4647]) Fixed #3488: Added "b" option to date format filter. Thanks, Gary Wilson.