django <1.2 date_based object_list

gistfile1.py

I was working on a problem similar to this yesterday, and I found the best solution for me personally was to use the object_list generic view for all date-based pages, but pass a filtered queryset, as follows:

import datetime, time

def post_archive_month(request, year, month, page=0, template_name='post_archive_month.html', **kwargs):
    # Convert date to numeric format
    date = datetime.date(*time.strptime('%s-%s' % (year, month), '%Y-%b')[:3])
    return list_detail.object_list(
      request,
      queryset = Post.objects.filter(publish__year=date.year, publish__date.month).order_by('-publish',),
      paginate_by = 5,
      page = page,
      template_name = template_name,
      **kwargs)
Where the urls.py reads something like:

url(r'^blog/(?P<year>\d{4})/(?P<month>\w{3})/$',
    view=path.to.generic_view,
    name='archive_month'),
I found this the easiest way around the problem without resorting to hacking the other generic views or writing a custom view.