Control Date formatting in view?

[Eric Pugh]

My release_date field is formatted as "2007-12-15T00:00:00Z", and I'd like to convert that to just the "2007-12-15" format...   I felt like https://github.com/projectblacklight/blacklight/wiki/Configuring-and-Customizing-Blacklight#overriding-views-templates-and-partials was going to help, but I don't want to override everything, just the formatting.

Seems like:

config.add_index_field 'date_released', label: 'Date'

should take some sort of formatter:  parameter!

Thoughts?

Eric

[Eric Pugh]

I did figure out how to use a helper method, however it seems like date formatting would be pretty common desire? 

Here is how I did it: https://github.com/querqy/chorus/blob/filter_to_prices/blacklight/app/helpers/application_helper.rb

[Amgad Alsisi]

Hello,

Thanks for sharing the helper method you have developed. I also wanted to format the date in the same way you have done. However, I would like to mention that the link you have provided is not working and I would very much appreciate it if you can fix it.

Thanks 

Amgad

[Erik Hatcher]

Here's the example I think was intended: https://github.com/querqy/chorus/blob/master/blacklight/app/helpers/application_helper.rb

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[Justin Coyne]

I always prefer to do date formatting in the front end as this makes the document more cacheable. I typically use github's time-elements for this: https://github.com/github/time-elements

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[Amgad Alsisi]

 I can access the file now. It tried it and it works.

Thanks.