you can't mix python formatting directly in the select........
fetch the values first and transform them later using strptime and strftime.
BTW: if startdate is a 'datetime' field you just need to strftime it later.
On Monday, December 30, 2013 6:04:39 AM UTC+1, software.ted wrote:
>
>
> I have a requirement were i need to convert a date from a query to
> another format as follows:
>
> db(db.mytable).select(db.mytable.id,
>
> datetime.strptime(str(db.mytable.startDate),
> '%Y-%m-%d').strftime('%d/%m/%Y'))
>
> The problem is am getting an error
>
> ValueError: time data 'mytable.startDate' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d'
>
> When I output the value of str(db.mytable.startDate) i get s string as
> follows:
>
> "2013-12-04 00:00:00"
>
> So what i did was to change the format to include the time part as follows:
>
> db(db.mytable).select(db.mytable.id,
>
> datetime.strptime(str(db.mytable.startDate), '%Y-%m-%d
> %H:%M:%S').strftime('%d/%m/%Y'))
>
> But still getting similar error:
>
> ValueError: time data 'mytable.startDate' does not match format '%Y-%m-%d
> %H:%M:%S'
>
>
> On the python console when i try to pass this command its working fine:
>
> >>> datetime.strptime("2013-12-04 00:00:00", '%Y-%m-%d
> %H:%M:%S').strftime('%d/%m/%Y')
> '04/12/2013'
>
>
> What am I missing?
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