Formatting datetime-like columns

[thejcannon]

It'd be nice to be able to specify a strftime string which would automatically be used when resolving datetime-like columns so the user gets a friendly value.

[jnak]

Please provide an example of what the API would look like.

[thejcannon]

Probably using the Meta options:

class Book(SQLAlchemyObjectType):
   class Meta:
      model = models.Book
      time_format = '%a, %d %b %Y %H:%M:%S'

[erikwrede]

Sounds helpful! However, I don't think a Meta entry would be the right place for this since some models might require different time formats in the same response. The approach should allow field-level adjustments, but an additional default global option is also handy. I'm open to more suggestions.

However, I think this is rather low-priority since formatting is usually a front-end task and the current ISO8601 date strings enable all of that.

[erikwrede]

Closing this as part of triage, since this is an issue that is easily solvable in the frontend, as mentioned above. Please open a new issue with detailed examples, if you need this feature.

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