views.generic.dates.DayMixin

class DayMixin [source]

A mixin that can be used to retrieve and provide parsing information for a day component of a date.

Methods and Attributes

day_format

The strftime() format to use when parsing the day. By default, this is '%d'.

day

Optional The value for the day, as a string. By default, set to None, which means the day will be determined using other means.

get_day_format() [source]

Returns the strftime() format to use when parsing the day. Returns day_format by default.

get_day() [source]

Returns the day for which this view will display data, as a string. Tries the following sources, in order:

• The value of the DayMixin.day attribute.
• The value of the day argument captured in the URL pattern.
• The value of the day GET query argument.

Raises a 404 if no valid day specification can be found.

get_next_day(date) [source]

Returns a date object containing the next valid day after the date provided. This function can also return None or raise an Http404 exception, depending on the values of allow_empty and allow_future.

get_previous_day(date) [source]

Returns a date object containing the previous valid day. This function can also return None or raise an Http404 exception, depending on the values of allow_empty and allow_future.