Editable Post dates

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/blog_admin/views.py b/blog_admin/views.py
index 49e309a3..fd724faa 100644
--- a/blog_admin/views.py
+++ b/blog_admin/views.py
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-import base64
+from datetime import datetime
 from django.shortcuts import render, redirect, reverse
 from django.contrib import messages
 from blog.models import Post, Category, Tag
@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ def new_post(request):
             slug = request.POST.get('slug') if request.POST.get('slug') else ''
             post_image = request.FILES['post_image'] if 'post_image' in request.FILES else None
             additional_tags = request.POST.get('additional_tags') if request.POST.get('additional_tags') else ''
+            post_date = request.POST.get('post_date') if request.POST.get('post_date') else datetime.now()
             if additional_tags:
                 tags += additional_tags.split(',')
 
@@ -57,6 +58,7 @@ def new_post(request):
                     post.category = Category.objects.get(id = category)
                     post.slug = slug
                     post.tags.set([Tag.objects.get_or_create(name = tag.strip())[0] for tag in tags])
+                    post.date = post_date
                     if post_image:
                         post.post_image = post_image
                     post.save()
@@ -68,12 +70,12 @@ def new_post(request):
             else:
                 if not title or not category or not tags or not post_image:
                     messages.error(request, 'Fields marked with asterisk (*) are required.', extra_tags='new_post_message')
-                    return_object = { 'title_value': title, 'category_value': category, 'tags_value': tags, 'slug_value': slug, 'post_image_value': post_image, 'all_tags': all_tags }
+                    return_object = { 'title_value': title, 'category_value': category, 'tags_value': tags, 'slug_value': slug, 'post_image_value': post_image, 'all_tags': all_tags, 'post_date_value': post_date }
                     return render(request, 'blog_admin/new_post.html', { 'title': 'New Post', 'categories': categories, 'return_object': return_object })
                 else:
                     # create new post
                     try:
-                        post = Post.objects.create(title = title, category = Category.objects.get(id = category), slug = slug, author = request.user, post_image = post_image)
+                        post = Post.objects.create(title = title, category = Category.objects.get(id = category), slug = slug, author = request.user, post_image = post_image, date = post_date)
                         post.tags.set([Tag.objects.get_or_create(name = tag.strip())[0] for tag in tags])
                         post.save()
                         return redirect(reverse('blog-admin:edit-post', kwargs = { 'slug': post.slug }))
@@ -91,7 +93,7 @@ def new_post(request):
                 mode = 'new'
             if mode == 'edit' and post_id:
                 post_tags = [tag.name for tag in post.tags.all()]
-                post = { 'id': post.id, 'title': post.title, 'category': post.category.id, 'tags': post_tags, 'slug': post.slug, 'post_image': post.post_image, 'all_tags': all_tags }
+                post = { 'id': post.id, 'title': post.title, 'category': post.category.id, 'tags': post_tags, 'slug': post.slug, 'post_image': post.post_image, 'all_tags': all_tags, 'post_date': post.date }
                 return render(request, 'blog_admin/new_post.html', { 'title': 'Edit Post', 'categories': categories, 'post': post, 'all_tags': all_tags })
 
             return render(request, 'blog_admin/new_post.html', { 'title': 'Create New Post', 'categories': categories, 'all_tags': all_tags })