Converting UNIX time to datetime object in Jinja templates

Question

I want to convert my timestamp to datetime in jinja2..

here's my sample code:

import time

date = time.time()
self.tv['date'] = date

sample html:

<p>{{ date }}</p>

I want to convert it to datetime using jinja2 in python..

thanks..

Answer 1

Make a custom filter like

@app.template_filter('ctime')
def timectime(s):
    return time.ctime(s) # datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(s)

And use your template filter

{{ date | ctime }}

Answer 2

You convert it before passing it to a template, eg:

>>> import time
>>> date = time.time()
>>> from datetime import datetime
>>> datetime.fromtimestamp(date)
datetime.datetime(2013, 3, 1, 2, 57, 29, 472572)

And optionally use formatting:

>>> format(datetime.fromtimestamp(date), '%Y%m%d')
'20130301'