Function -> variable

IPython/nbconvert/exporters/exporter.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 b' from IPython.config import Config'
 from IPython.nbformat import current as nbformat
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import MetaHasTraits, DottedObjectName, Unicode, List, Dict, Any
 from IPython.utils.importstring import import_item
-from IPython.utils.text import indent, format_date
+from IPython.utils import text
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 
 from IPython.nbconvert import preprocessors as nbpreprocessors
@@ -47,7 +47,7 b' from IPython.nbconvert import filters'
 JINJA_EXTENSIONS = ['jinja2.ext.loopcontrols']
 
 default_filters = {
-        'indent': indent,
+        'indent': text.indent,
         'markdown2html': filters.markdown2html,
         'ansi2html': filters.ansi2html,
         'filter_data_type': filters.DataTypeFilter,
@@ -282,7 +282,7 b' class Exporter(LoggingConfigurable):'
         resources['metadata']['name'] = notebook_name
 
         modified_date = datetime.datetime.fromtimestamp(os.path.getmtime(filename))
-        resources['metadata']['modified_date'] = format_date(modified_date)
+        resources['metadata']['modified_date'] = modified_date.strftime(text.date_format)
         
         with io.open(filename) as f:
             return self.from_notebook_node(nbformat.read(f, 'json'), resources=resources,**kw)

IPython/nbconvert/preprocessors/sphinx.py

@@ -30,7 +30,7 b' from pygments.formatters import LatexFormatter'
 # Our own imports
 # Configurable traitlets
 from IPython.utils.traitlets import Unicode, Bool
-from IPython.utils.text import format_date
+from IPython.utils import text
 
 # Needed to override preprocessor
 from .base import (Preprocessor)
@@ -159,7 +159,7 b' class SphinxPreprocessor(Preprocessor):'
             if self.publish_date:
                 resources["sphinx"]["date"] = self.publish_date
             elif len(resources['metadata']['modified_date'].strip()) == 0:
-                resources["sphinx"]["date"] = format_date(date.today())
+                resources["sphinx"]["date"] = date.today().strftime(text.date_format)
             else:
                 resources["sphinx"]["date"] = resources['metadata']['modified_date']
             
@@ -221,7 +221,7 b' class SphinxPreprocessor(Preprocessor):'
         if resources['metadata']['modified_date']:
             default_date = resources['metadata']['modified_date']
         else:
-            default_date = format_date(date.today())
+            default_date = date.today().strftime(text.date_format)
             
         user_date = console.input("Date (deafults to \"" + default_date + "\"): ")
         if len(user_date.strip()) == 0:

IPython/utils/text.py

@@ -29,6 +29,18 b' from IPython.external.path import path'
 from IPython.testing.skipdoctest import skip_doctest_py3, skip_doctest
 from IPython.utils import py3compat
 
+
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Declarations
+#-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+# datetime.strftime date format for ipython
+if sys.platform == 'win32':
+    date_format = date.strftime("%B %d, %Y")
+else:
+    date_format = date.strftime("%B %-d, %Y")
+
+
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Code
 #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -712,21 +724,3 b" def columnize(items, separator=' ', displaywidth=80):"
     fmatrix = [filter(None, x) for x in matrix]
     sjoin = lambda x : separator.join([ y.ljust(w, ' ') for y, w in zip(x, info['columns_width'])])
     return '\n'.join(map(sjoin, fmatrix))+'\n'
-
-
-def format_date(date):
-    """ Format a datetime object as a string.
-
-    Parameters
-    ----------
-    date : datetime object
-        Date to be formatted.
-
-    Returns
-    -------
-    The formatted date string (ie "July 1, 1990")
-    """
-    if sys.platform == 'win32':
-        return date.strftime("%B {0}, %Y").format(date.day)
-    else:
-        return date.strftime("%B %-d, %Y")
  No newline at end of file