views.generic.dates.WeekMixin

class WeekMixin [source]

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

Methods and Attributes

week_format

The strftime() format to use when parsing the week. By default, this is '%U', which means the week starts on Sunday. Set it to '%W' if your week starts on Monday.

week

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

get_week_format() [source]

Returns the strftime() format to use when parsing the week. Returns week_format by default.

get_week() [source]

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

• The value of the WeekMixin.week attribute.
• The value of the week argument captured in the URL pattern
• The value of the week GET query argument.

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

get_next_week(date) [source]

Returns a date object containing the first day of the week 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_prev_week(date)

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