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diff --git a/docs/model-api.txt b/docs/model-api.txt index c369508c65..502ceaf7ff 100644 --- a/docs/model-api.txt +++ b/docs/model-api.txt @@ -223,6 +223,13 @@ steps: the absolute URL to your image in a template with ``{{ object.get_mug_shot_url }}``. +For example, say your ``MEDIA_ROOT`` is set to ``'/home/media'``, and +``upload_to`` is set to ``'photos/%Y/%m/%d'``. The ``'%Y/%m/%d'`` part of +``upload_to`` is strftime formatting; ``'%Y'`` is the four-digit year, +``'%m'`` is the two-digit month and ``'%d'`` is the two-digit day. If you +upload a file on Jan. 15, 2007, it will be saved in the directory +``/home/media/photos/2007/01/15``. + .. _`strftime formatting`: http://docs.python.org/lib/module-time.html#l2h-1941 ``FilePathField`` |