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import qmsk.web.helpers

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import datetime, calendar

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class Helpers (qmsk.web.helpers.Helpers) :

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        Our set of helpers, inheriting from base helpers

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    def tz_name (self, tz) :

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        """

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            Returns a string describing the given timezone

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        """

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        return str(tz)

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    def fmt_date (self, date) :

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        """

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            Formats a date

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        """

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        # XXX: hardcoded

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        return date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')

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    def fmt_month (self, date) :

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        """

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            Formats a month

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        """

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        return date.strftime('%B %Y')

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    def fmt_weekday (self, wday) :

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        """

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            Formats an abbreviated weekday name

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        """

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        return calendar.day_abbr[wday]

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    def build_date (self, month, mday) :

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        """

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            Returns a datetime.date for the given (month.year, month.month, mday)

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        """

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        return datetime.date(month.year, month.month, mday)

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    def is_today (self, date) :

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        """

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            checks if the given date is today

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        """

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        # construct current date

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        return date == self.ctx['timezone'].localize(datetime.datetime.now()).date()

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