Fixed #2062 -- Added YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT and MONTH_DAY_FORMAT settings, and added technical message IDs of the same names. Thanks, ramiro

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@3055 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/conf/global_settings.py

@@ -203,6 +203,16 @@ DATETIME_FORMAT = 'N j, Y, P'
 # http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
 TIME_FORMAT = 'P'
 
+# Default formatting for date objects when only the year and month are relevant.
+# See all available format strings here:
+# http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
+YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT = 'F Y'
+
+# Default formatting for date objects when only the month and day are relevant.
+# See all available format strings here:
+# http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
+MONTH_DAY_FORMAT = 'F j'
+
 # Whether to enable Psyco, which optimizes Python code. Requires Psyco.
 # http://psyco.sourceforge.net/
 ENABLE_PSYCO = False

django/utils/translation.py

@@ -369,7 +369,22 @@ def get_date_formats():
         datetime_format = settings.DATETIME_FORMAT
     if time_format == 'TIME_FORMAT':
         time_format = settings.TIME_FORMAT
-    return (date_format, datetime_format, time_format)
+    return date_format, datetime_format, time_format
+
+def get_partial_date_formats():
+    """
+    This function checks whether translation files provide a translation for some
+    technical message ID to store partial date formats. If it doesn't contain
+    one, the formats provided in the settings will be used.
+    """
+    from django.conf import settings
+    year_month_format = _('YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT')
+    month_day_format = _('MONTH_DAY_FORMAT')
+    if year_month_format == 'YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT':
+        year_month_format = settings.YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT
+    if month_day_format == 'MONTH_DAY_FORMAT':
+        month_day_format = settings.MONTH_DAY_FORMAT
+    return year_month_format, month_day_format
 
 def install():
     """

docs/settings.txt

@@ -291,7 +291,7 @@ The default formatting to use for date fields on Django admin change-list
 pages -- and, possibly, by other parts of the system. See
 `allowed date format strings`_.
 
-See also DATETIME_FORMAT and TIME_FORMAT.
+See also DATETIME_FORMAT, TIME_FORMAT, YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT and MONTH_DAY_FORMAT.
 
 .. _allowed date format strings: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
 
@@ -304,7 +304,7 @@ The default formatting to use for datetime fields on Django admin change-list
 pages -- and, possibly, by other parts of the system. See
 `allowed date format strings`_.
 
-See also DATE_FORMAT and TIME_FORMAT.
+See also DATE_FORMAT, DATETIME_FORMAT, TIME_FORMAT, YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT and MONTH_DAY_FORMAT.
 
 .. _allowed date format strings: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
 
@@ -532,6 +532,23 @@ Default::
 
 A tuple of middleware classes to use. See the `middleware docs`_.
 
+MONTH_DAY_FORMAT
+----------------
+
+Default: ``'F j'``
+
+The default formatting to use for date fields on Django admin change-list
+pages -- and, possibly, by other parts of the system -- in cases when only the
+month and day are displayed.
+
+For example, when a Django admin change-list page is being filtered by a date
+drilldown, the header for a given day displays the day and month. Different
+locales have different formats. For example, U.S. English would say
+"January 1," whereas Spanish might say "1 Enero."
+
+See `allowed date format strings`_. See also DATE_FORMAT, DATETIME_FORMAT,
+TIME_FORMAT and YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT.
+
 PREPEND_WWW
 -----------
 
@@ -696,7 +713,8 @@ The default formatting to use for time fields on Django admin change-list
 pages -- and, possibly, by other parts of the system. See
 `allowed date format strings`_.
 
-See also DATE_FORMAT and DATETIME_FORMAT.
+See also DATE_FORMAT, DATETIME_FORMAT, TIME_FORMAT, YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT and
+MONTH_DAY_FORMAT.
 
 .. _allowed date format strings: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/templates/#now
 
@@ -720,6 +738,23 @@ A boolean that specifies whether to output the "Etag" header. This saves
 bandwidth but slows down performance. This is only used if ``CommonMiddleware``
 is installed (see the `middleware docs`_).
 
+YEAR_MONTH_FORMAT
+-----------------
+
+Default: ``'F Y'``
+
+The default formatting to use for date fields on Django admin change-list
+pages -- and, possibly, by other parts of the system -- in cases when only the
+year and month are displayed.
+
+For example, when a Django admin change-list page is being filtered by a date
+drilldown, the header for a given month displays the month and the year.
+Different locales have different formats. For example, U.S. English would say
+"January 2006," whereas another locale might say "2006/January."
+
+See `allowed date format strings`_. See also DATE_FORMAT, DATETIME_FORMAT,
+TIME_FORMAT and MONTH_DAY_FORMAT.
+
 .. _cache docs: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/cache/
 .. _middleware docs: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/middleware/
 .. _session docs: http://www.djangoproject.com/documentation/sessions/