[1.2.X] Fixed #14232 -- Clarified the data type of date_list in date-based generic views. Thanks to clelland for the report and patch.

Backport of r14020 from trunk.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.2.X@14028 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 10 insertions, 10 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/generic-views.txt b/docs/ref/generic-views.txt
index 65f0d2eb30..ea7fe2a49b 100644
--- a/docs/ref/generic-views.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/generic-views.txt
@@ -197,10 +197,10 @@ If ``template_name`` isn't specified, this view will use the template
 
 In addition to ``extra_context``, the template's context will be:
 
-    * ``date_list``: A list of ``datetime.date`` objects representing all
-      years that have objects available according to ``queryset``. These are
-      ordered in reverse. This is equivalent to
-      ``queryset.dates(date_field, 'year')[::-1]``.
+    * ``date_list``: A ``DateQuerySet`` object containing all years that have
+      have objects available according to ``queryset``, represented as
+      ``datetime.datetime`` objects. These are ordered in reverse. This is
+      equivalent to ``queryset.dates(date_field, 'year')[::-1]``.
 
     .. versionchanged:: 1.0
        The behaviour depending on ``template_object_name`` is new in this version.
@@ -282,9 +282,9 @@ If ``template_name`` isn't specified, this view will use the template
 
 In addition to ``extra_context``, the template's context will be:
 
-    * ``date_list``: A list of ``datetime.date`` objects representing all
-      months that have objects available in the given year, according to
-      ``queryset``, in ascending order.
+    * ``date_list``: A ``DateQuerySet`` object containing all months that have
+      have objects available according to ``queryset``, represented as
+      ``datetime.datetime`` objects, in ascending order.
 
     * ``year``: The given year, as a four-character string.
 
@@ -372,9 +372,9 @@ If ``template_name`` isn't specified, this view will use the template
 
 In addition to ``extra_context``, the template's context will be:
 
-    * ``date_list``: A list of ``datetime.date`` objects representing all
-      days that have objects available in the given month, according to
-      ``queryset``, in ascending order.    
+    * ``date_list``: A ``DateQuerySet`` object containing all days that have
+      have objects available in the given month, according to ``queryset``,
+      represented as ``datetime.datetime`` objects, in ascending order.
 
     * ``month``: A ``datetime.date`` object representing the given month.