One trick I've found that helps in debugging is to throw out all
assumptions, and to work backwards from a traceback while doing so.
In your case, Python is telling you that what you *think* and what
*really ought to be* a DateTime object is instead a string. So,
double-check--print out the value of type(object.datetimefield)
sometime just prior to where the traceback hits. Do a dir() on it.
Stuff like that. It seems dumb and simple but it often helps.
The other thing is to look at the differences between the two
environments, or between what you're doing in the prompt and what's
happening in the view. Again, throw out assumptions and double-check
*everything* surrounding the problem object.
One thing that might help us target specific things going wrong is if
you pasted the model class definition, and what specifically you're
doing in the prompt to try and simulate the problematic view code.
Regards,
Jeff
On Nov 11, 2005, at 8:46 PM, Pedro Furtado wrote:
Turn it into a date, datetime or time object first, then format it.
Like the traceback says, strings don't have strftime
attributes/methods.
But it already is a datetime object. The "object" I stated is an
object of a model class, which contains a datetimefield. Am I clear
now?
The code runs smoothly in Python prompt but not in views.
Pedro
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