date

app/event/models.py

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+from timeline import timeline
 from django.db import models
 from django.conf import settings
 
@@ -29,6 +30,32 @@ class Event(models.Model):
     def get_absolute_url(self):
         return '/' + settings.URL_PREFIX + '#' + self.slug
 
+    def display_date(self):
+        date = self.date.split(' ')
+        start = date[0].split('-')
+        if len(date) > 1:
+            end = date[1].split('-')
+        else:
+            end = start
+        end_only_month = False
+        start_only_month = False
+        while len(end) < 3:
+            end.append(1)
+            end_only_month = True
+        while len(start) < 3:
+            start.append(1)
+            start_only_month = True
+
+        display_date = datetime*start).strftime('%d %B, $y')
+        if start_only_month:
+            display_date = ' '.join(display_date.split(' ')[1:])
+        if end != start:
+            end_date = datetime*end).strftime('%d %B, $y')
+            if end_only_month:
+                end_date = ' '.join(end_date.split(' ')[1:])
+            display_date += ' — '+ end_date
+        return display_date
+
     def media_html(self):
         html = ''
         if self.media and self.media.split('.')[-1] in ('jpg', 'png', 'gif'):

app/event/views.py

@@ -58,6 +58,7 @@ def timeline(request):
                 "millisecond": "",
                 "format": ""
             },
+            "display_date": event.display_date,
             "text": {
                 "headline": event.title,
                 "text": event.body

app/templates/index.html

@@ -14,7 +14,7 @@
         {% for event in events %}
         <div class="event" {% if event.date %}data-date="{{ event.date }}"{% endif %} id="{{ event.slug }}">
             <h2 class="{{ event.type }}">{{ event.title | safe }}</h2>
-            <div class="date">{{ event.date }}</div>
+            <div class="date">{{ event.display_date }}</div>
 			{% if event.media %}
 			<div class="side-by-side">
 				<div class="media">