Issue 3410 - Added date sort / format for press releases

filters/datesort.py

Index: filters/datesort.py
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--- a/filters/datesort.py
+++ b/filters/datesort.py
@@ -1,9 +1,8 @@
-import datetime, random
 
-def datesort(value, basedate="1970-01-01", column=0):
-  base = datetime.datetime.strptime(basedate, "%Y-%m-%d")
-  def randdiff(entry):
-    date = datetime.datetime.strptime(entry[column], "%Y-%m-%d")
-    diff = (date - base).days
-    return diff * 0.2 + random.randrange(diff) * 0.8
-  return sorted(value, key=randdiff)
+from datetime import datetime
+
+def datesort(collection, inputFormat='%Y-%m-%d', outputFormat='%B %d, %Y'):
+  if inputFormat != outputFormat:
+    for item in collection:
+      item[0] = datetime.strftime(datetime.strptime(item[0], inputFormat), outputFormat)
+  return sorted(collection, key=lambda date: datetime.strptime(date[0], outputFormat))

[saroyanm, 2016/01/22 11:58:14]

The items need to be sorted in descending order

[juliandoucette, 2016/01/25 16:19:55]

Done.