terom@50: """
terom@50:     Some additional helpers
terom@50: """
terom@50: 
terom@54: import qmsk.web.helpers
terom@50: 
terom@54: import datetime, calendar
terom@54: 
terom@54: class Helpers (qmsk.web.helpers.Helpers) :
terom@50:     """
terom@54:         Our set of helpers, inheriting from base helpers
terom@50:     """
terom@50: 
terom@54:     def tz_name (self, tz) :
terom@54:         """
terom@54:             Returns a string describing the given timezone
terom@54:         """
terom@50: 
terom@54:         return str(tz)
terom@50: 
terom@54:     def fmt_date (self, date) :
terom@54:         """
terom@54:             Formats a date
terom@54:         """
terom@54:         
terom@54:         # XXX: hardcoded
terom@54:         return date.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
terom@54: 
terom@54:     def fmt_month (self, date) :
terom@54:         """
terom@54:             Formats a month
terom@54:         """
terom@54: 
terom@54:         return date.strftime('%B %Y')
terom@54:         
terom@54:     def fmt_weekday (self, wday) :
terom@54:         """
terom@54:             Formats an abbreviated weekday name
terom@54:         """
terom@54: 
terom@54:         return calendar.day_abbr[wday]
terom@54: 
terom@54:     def build_date (self, month, mday) :
terom@54:         """
terom@54:             Returns a datetime.date for the given (month.year, month.month, mday)
terom@54:         """
terom@54: 
terom@54:         return datetime.date(month.year, month.month, mday)
terom@54: 
terom@54:     def is_today (self, date) :
terom@54:         """
terom@54:             checks if the given date is today
terom@54:         """
terom@54: 
terom@54:         # construct current date
terom@54:         return date == self.ctx['timezone'].localize(datetime.datetime.now()).date()
terom@54: