Thanks Adi, but that's not it. I've got other models in this app where plain old Model.objects.dates() works just fine, and besides, your longer version still doesn't work with my Appearance model :)
I'm pasting the model definition below, just in case anything leaps out at anyone. At first I thought it was because the underlying date- based db column was actually called 'date', and that might be clobbering some built-in, but now I see I've got other models doing the same thing on a 'date' field, and it works fine... class Appearance(models.Model): venue = models.CharField(max_length=100) extraInfo = models.TextField(db_column="address") city = models.CharField(max_length=80) country = models.CharField(max_length=50, default='United States') app_date = models.DateTimeField("Appearance date",blank=True, null=True, db_column="date") link = models.URLField(verify_exists=False, blank=True) def is_future(self): return self.app_date > datetime.now() class Admin(): list_filter = ('app_date','country') class Meta(): ordering = ['-app_date'] def __unicode__(self): return "%s: %s/%s, %s" % (self.venue, self.app_date.month, self.app_date.day,self.app_date.year) def get_absolute_url(self): return "/appearances/%s/#%s" % (self.app_date.year, self.pk) On May 14, 2008, at 3:30 PM, Adi Jörg Sieker wrote: > Hi Eric, > > On 14.05.2008, at 03:49, Eric Abrahamsen wrote: > >> app_years = Appearance.objects.dates('app_date','year') > > I don't know if it makes a difference and I'm new to django, but > I've used the dates method like so: > > app_years = Appearance.objects.all().dates('app_date','year') > > and it works like a charm > > adi > > -- > Adi J. Sieker mobile: +49 - 178 - 88 5 88 13 > Freelance developer skype: adijsieker > SAP-Consultant web: http://www.sieker.info/profile > openbc: https://www.openbc.com/hp/AdiJoerg_Sieker/ > > > > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---