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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt | 5 | ||||
| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt | 4 |
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diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt index 1a1a4d531b..7003adfa06 100644 --- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt +++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt @@ -4,6 +4,11 @@ Date-based mixins .. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.dates +.. note:: + All the date formatting attributes in these mixins use + :func:`~time.strftime` format characters. Do not try to use the format + characters from the :ttag:`now` template tag as they are not compatible. + YearMixin --------- diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt index 3c64efb508..e92a46e163 100644 --- a/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt +++ b/docs/ref/templates/builtins.txt @@ -1245,6 +1245,10 @@ Formats a date according to the given format. Uses a similar format as PHP's ``date()`` function (http://php.net/date) with some differences. +.. note:: + These format characters are not used in Django outside of templates. They + were designed to be compatible with PHP to ease transitioning for designers. + Available format strings: ================ ======================================== ===================== |