Filter for compact dates

misago/conf/defaults.py

@@ -208,6 +208,12 @@ USE_TZ = True
 TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'
 
 
+# Misago specific date formats
+# https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#date
+MISAGO_COMPACT_DATE_DAY_MONTH = 'j E'
+MISAGO_COMPACT_DATE_DAY_MONTH_YEAR = 'j E y'
+
+
 # Use Misago CSRF Failure Page
 CSRF_FAILURE_VIEW = 'misago.core.errorpages.csrf_failure'
 

misago/core/templatetags/misago_dates.py

@@ -0,0 +1,15 @@
+from django import template
+from django.conf import settings
+from django.template.defaultfilters import date as dj_date
+from django.utils import timezone
+
+
+register = template.Library()
+
+
+@register.filter
+def compact_date(value):
+    if value.year == timezone.now().year:
+        return dj_date(value, settings.MISAGO_COMPACT_DATE_DAY_MONTH)
+    else:
+        return dj_date(value, settings.MISAGO_COMPACT_DATE_DAY_MONTH_YEAR)