refactored iso_time_tag from a filter to an inclusion tag

cms/templatetags/cms.py

@@ -1,19 +1,14 @@
 from django import template
 from django.utils.dateformat import format
-from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
 
 register = template.Library()
 
 
-@register.filter(is_safe=True)
+@register.inclusion_tag('cms/iso_time_tag.html')
 def iso_time_tag(date):
-    """ Returns an ISO date, with the year tagged in a say-no-more span.
-
-    This allows the date representation to shrink to just MM-DD. """
-    date_templ = '<time datetime="{timestamp}"><span class="say-no-more">{year}-</span>{month}-{day}</time>'
-    return mark_safe(date_templ.format(
-        timestamp=format(date, 'c'),
-        month=format(date, 'm'),
-        day=format(date, 'd'),
-        year=format(date, 'Y'),
-    ))
+    return {
+        'timestamp': format(date, 'c'),
+        'month': format(date, 'm'),
+        'day': format(date, 'd'),
+        'year': format(date, 'Y'),
+    }

templates/cms/iso_time_tag.html

@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+{% comment %}
+    Returns an ISO date, with the year tagged in a say-no-more span.
+
+    This allows the date representation to shrink to just MM-DD. 
+{% endcomment %}
+<time datetime="{{ timestamp }}"><span class="say-no-more">{{ year }}-</span>{{ month }}-{{ day }}</time>

templates/components/blog-posts.html

@@ -7,7 +7,7 @@ <h2 class="widget-title"><span aria-hidden="true" class="icon-news"></span>Lates
                             <ul class="menu">
                                 {% get_latest_blog_entries limit=5 as entries %}
                                 {% for entry in entries %}
-                                <li>{{ entry.pub_date|iso_time_tag }} <a href="{{ entry.url }}">{{ entry.summary|striptags|truncatewords:10|safe }}</a></li>
+                                <li>{% iso_time_tag entry.pub_date %} <a href="{{ entry.url }}">{{ entry.summary|striptags|truncatewords:10|safe }}</a></li>
                                 {% endfor %}
                             </ul>
                         </div><!-- end .shrubbery -->

templates/components/event-posts.html

@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ <h2 class="widget-title"><span aria-hidden="true" class="icon-calendar"></span>U
                                 {% get_events_upcoming limit=5 as events %}
                                 {% for event in events %}
                                 {% with event.next_time as next_time %}
-                                <li>{{ next_time.dt_start|iso_time_tag }} <a href="{{ event.get_absolute_url }}">{{ event.title|striptags }}</a></li>
+                                <li>{% iso_time_tag next_time.dt_start %} <a href="{{ event.get_absolute_url }}">{{ event.title|striptags }}</a></li>
                                 {% endwith %}
                                 {% endfor %}
                             </ul>