Sorry for being dense, but I'm still not seeing how I get it in there?
If I'm reading you right, I need something like:
page_data['topic_modification_date'] = datetime.datetime.date()
page_data['topic_modification_date_time'] = datetime.datetime.time()
On Apr 17, 9:12 am, "James Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 4/17/07, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > I even tried just returning datetime.datetime.now() from within the
> > view, and that worked. But when I try to save it to the database, it's
> > null.
>
> This is a tricky one to spot, but I think it has to do with the format
> the manipulator system expects. Before the call to 'do_html2python'
> happens, the manipulator expects the data to be in the format an HTTP
> POST would have produced, which in the case of a DateTimeField means
> two values, both strings, representing the date and the time. So a
> Python 'datetime' object will not work at that point --
> 'do_html2python' wants a date string and a time string, and it will
> convert them into a single 'datetime' object.
>
> The correct format is for new_data to have keys
> 'topic_modification_date_date' and 'topic_modification_date_time'; the
> date part should be in 'yyyy-mm-dd' format (e.g., '2007-04-17' for
> April 17 2007), and the time part should be in 'hh:mm:ss' format
> ('09:10:23', for example). Then 'do_html2python' will turn them into a
> valid datetime value for the field.
>
> --
> "Bureaucrat Conrad, you are technically correct -- the best kind of correct."
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