Add better date / datetime validation (pull 2)

addition to #631 with update to master + timefield support

1 files changed, 14 insertions, 0 deletions

diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/dates.py b/rest_framework/utils/dates.py
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+def get_readable_date_format(date_format):
+    mapping = [("%Y", "YYYY"),
+               ("%y", "YY"),
+               ("%m", "MM"),
+               ("%b", "[Jan through Dec]"),
+               ("%B", "[January through December]"),
+               ("%d", "DD"),
+               ("%H", "HH"),
+               ("%M", "MM"),
+               ("%S", "SS"),
+               ("%f", "uuuuuu")]
+    for k, v in mapping:
+        date_format = date_format.replace(k, v)
+    return date_format
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