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edx-platform/openedx/core/djangolib/translation_utils.py
2018-01-03 11:53:09 -05:00

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from django.utils.translation import ugettext as _, override
from django.utils.formats import dateformat, get_format
def translate_date(date, language, date_format='DATE_FORMAT'):
"""
Converts the provided date object into a string, while translating
its value for the given language. Both the format of the date
as well as its values (i.e., name of the Month) are translated.
For example:
date = datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 23)
date_in_spanish = translate_date(date, 'es')
assert date_in_spanish = '12 de Deciembre de 2017'
"""
with override(language):
return dateformat.format(
date,
get_format(date_format, lang=language, use_l10n=True),
)