Removed 'use_numeric_months' parameter in generic date views (from [308]) in favor of something more powerful -- you can now provide month_format and day_format, which are format strings that specify how you expect the month and day to be formatted in the URL.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@312 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

django/views/generic/date_based.py

@@ -85,8 +85,8 @@ def archive_year(request, year, app_label, module_name, date_field,
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 def archive_month(request, year, month, app_label, module_name, date_field,
-                  use_numeric_months=False, template_name=None, 
-                  extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
+                  month_format='%b', template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={},
+                  extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic monthly archive view.
 
@@ -97,14 +97,8 @@ def archive_month(request, year, month, app_label, module_name, date_field,
         object_list:
             list of objects published in the given month
     """
-    if use_numeric_months:
     try:
-            date = datetime.date(int(year), int(month), 1)
-        except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            raise Http404
-    else:
-        try:
-            date = datetime.date(*time.strptime(year+month, '%Y%b')[:3])
+        date = datetime.date(*time.strptime(year+month, '%Y'+month_format)[:3])
     except ValueError:
         raise Http404
 
@@ -143,8 +137,8 @@ def archive_month(request, year, month, app_label, module_name, date_field,
     return HttpResponse(t.render(c))
 
 def archive_day(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field,
-                use_numeric_months=False, template_name=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, 
-                extra_context={}, allow_empty=False):
+                month_format='%b', day_format='%d', template_name=None,
+                extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}, allow_empty=False):
     """
     Generic daily archive view.
 
@@ -159,14 +153,8 @@ def archive_day(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field,
         next_day
             (datetime) the next day, or None if the current day is today
     """
-    if use_numeric_months:
     try:
-            date = datetime.date(int(year), int(month), int(day))
-        except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            raise Http404
-    else:    
-        try:
-            date = datetime.date(*time.strptime(year+month+day, '%Y%b%d')[:3])
+        date = datetime.date(*time.strptime(year+month+day, '%Y'+month_format+day_format)[:3])
     except ValueError:
         raise Http404
 
@@ -211,9 +199,9 @@ def archive_today(request, **kwargs):
     return archive_day(request, **kwargs)
 
 def object_detail(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field,
-                  use_numeric_months=False, object_id=None, slug=None, slug_field=None, 
-                  template_name=None, template_name_field=None, extra_lookup_kwargs={}, 
-                  extra_context={}):
+                  month_format='%b', day_format='%d', object_id=None, slug=None,
+                  slug_field=None, template_name=None, template_name_field=None,
+                  extra_lookup_kwargs={}, extra_context={}):
     """
     Generic detail view from year/month/day/slug or year/month/day/id structure.
 
@@ -222,14 +210,8 @@ def object_detail(request, year, month, day, app_label, module_name, date_field,
         object:
             the object to be detailed
     """
-    if use_numeric_months:
     try:
-            date = datetime.date(int(year), int(month), int(day))
-        except (ValueError, TypeError):
-            raise Http404
-    else:    
-        try:
-            date = datetime.date(*time.strptime(year+month+day, '%Y%b%d')[:3])
+        date = datetime.date(*time.strptime(year+month+day, '%Y'+month_format+day_format)[:3])
     except ValueError:
         raise Http404
 

docs/generic_views.txt

@@ -126,9 +126,13 @@ The date-based generic functions are:
 
 ``archive_month``
     Monthly archive. Requires that ``year`` and ``month`` arguments be given.
-    You may pass the additional option ``use_numeric_months`` if you'd like to
-    use URLs that use numbers instead of names for months (i.e. ``/2005/01/15/``
-    instead of ``/2005/jan/15/``.
+    You can pass the additional option ``month_format`` if you'd like to change
+    the way months are specified in the URL.
+
+    ``month_format`` is a format string in the same syntax accepted by Python's
+    ``time.strftime``. (See the `strftime docs`_.) It's set to ``"%b"`` by
+    default, which is a three-letter month abbreviation. To change it to use
+    numbers, use ``"%m"``.
 
     Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__archive_month`` by default.
 
@@ -143,6 +147,10 @@ The date-based generic functions are:
     Daily archive. Requires that ``year``, ``month``, and ``day`` arguments be
     given.
 
+    As in ``archive_month``, you can pass an optional ``month_format``. You can
+    also pass ``day_format``, which defaults to ``"%d"`` (day of the month as a
+    decimal number, 1-31).
+
     Uses the template ``app_label/module_name__archive_day`` by default.
 
     Has the following template context:
@@ -177,6 +185,11 @@ The date-based generic functions are:
     You can also pass the ``template_name_field`` argument to indicate that the
     the object stores the name of its template in a field on the object itself.
 
+    As in ``archive_day``, ``object_detail`` takes optional ``month_format``
+    and ``day_format`` parameters.
+
+.. _strftime docs: http://www.python.org/doc/current/lib/module-time.html#l2h-1941
+
 Using list/detail generic views
 ===============================