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Version 1.0.3
Important bugfix related to internal forwards (Bug was introduced by the restriction of views with underscore prefix in Version 1.0.2)
Important bugfix related to internal forwards (Bug was introduced by the restriction of views with underscore prefix in Version 1.0.2)
| author | jbe |
|---|---|
| date | Thu Dec 10 12:00:00 2009 +0100 (2009-12-10) |
| parents | 9fdfb27f8e67 |
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1 --[[--
2 text = -- text with the value formatted as a date, according to the locale settings
3 format.date(
4 value, -- a date, a timestamp or nil
5 {
6 nil_as = nil_text -- text to be returned for a nil value
7 }
8 )
10 Formats a date or timestamp as a date, according to the locale settings.
12 --]]--
14 function format.date(value, options)
15 local options = options or {}
16 if value == nil then
17 return options.nil_as or ""
18 end
19 if not (
20 atom.has_type(value, atom.date) or
21 atom.has_type(value, atom.timestamp)
22 ) then
23 error("Value passed to format.date(...) is neither a date, a timestamp, nor nil.")
24 end
25 if value.invalid then
26 return "invalid"
27 end
28 local result = locale.get("date_format") or "YYYY-MM-DD"
29 result = string.gsub(result, "YYYY", function()
30 return format.decimal(value.year, { digits = 4 })
31 end)
32 result = string.gsub(result, "YY", function()
33 return format.decimal(value.year % 100, { digits = 2 })
34 end)
35 result = string.gsub(result, "Y", function()
36 return format.decimal(value.year)
37 end)
38 result = string.gsub(result, "MM", function()
39 return format.decimal(value.month, { digits = 2 })
40 end)
41 result = string.gsub(result, "M", function()
42 return format.decimal(value.month)
43 end)
44 result = string.gsub(result, "DD", function()
45 return format.decimal(value.day, { digits = 2 })
46 end)
47 result = string.gsub(result, "D", function()
48 return format.decimal(value.day)
49 end)
50 return result
51 end