make dates work

manifests/ships/views.py

@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ from ox.django.shortcuts import render_to_json_response
 from django.views.decorators.csrf import csrf_exempt
 from django.contrib.auth.decorators import login_required
 from django.core.paginator import Paginator, InvalidPage, EmptyPage
+from datetime import datetime
 #import pdb
 
 @login_required
@@ -180,7 +181,13 @@ def shipList(request):
     goods = request.GET.get('goods', '')
 #    country = request.GET.get('country', None)
     qset = Ship.objects.all()
-    #add dates stuff
+    if startDate != '':
+        start_dt = datetime.strptime(startDate, '%Y-%m-%d')
+        qset = qset.filter(date__gte=start_dt)
+    if endDate != '':
+        end_dt = datetime.strptime(endDate, '%Y-%m-%d')
+        qset = qset.filter(date__lte=end_dt)
+
     if billType != '':
         qset = qset.filter(bill_type__iexact=billType)
     if shipName != '':

manifests/templates/shipList.html

@@ -27,10 +27,13 @@ No of results: {{ no_of_results }}   displaying page {{ page }} of {{ no_of
             </div>
             <div id="leftCol">
                 <form id="shipFilterForm" action="" method="GET">
-<!--
-                    <input type="date" name="start_date" id="id_start_date" />
-                    <input type="date" name="end_date" id="id_end_date" />
--->
+
+                    <label for="id_start_date">Start Date:</label>
+                    <input type="date" name="start_date" id="id_start_date" /> <br />
+
+                    <label for="id_end_date">End Date:</label>
+                    <input type="date" name="end_date" id="id_end_date" /> <br />
+
                     <label for="id_bill_type">Bill Type:</label>                    
                     <select name="bill_type" id="id_bill_type">
                         <option value="">-----</option>