data: add a new field, locale_catalog.date_style

rendercv/data/models/computers.py

@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ def format_phone_number(phone_number: str) -> str:
     return formatted_number
 
 
-def format_date(date: Date, use_full_name: bool = False) -> str:
+def format_date(date: Date, date_style: Optional[str] = None) -> str:
     """Formats a `Date` object to a string in the following format: "Jan 2021". The
     month names are taken from the `locale_catalog` dictionary from the
     `rendercv.data_models.models` module.
@@ -56,21 +56,32 @@ def format_date(date: Date, use_full_name: bool = False) -> str:
 
     Args:
         date (Date): The date to format.
-        use_full_name (bool, optional): If `True`, the full name of the month will be
-            used. Defaults to `False`.
+        date_style (Optional[str]): The style of the date string. If not provided, the
+            default date style from the `locale_catalog` dictionary will be used.
 
     Returns:
         str: The formatted date.
     """
-    if use_full_name:
-        month_names = locale_catalog["full_names_of_months"]
-    else:
-        month_names = locale_catalog["abbreviations_for_months"]
+    full_month_names = locale_catalog["full_names_of_months"]
+    short_month_names = locale_catalog["abbreviations_for_months"]
 
     month = int(date.strftime("%m"))
-    month_abbreviation = month_names[month - 1]
     year = date.strftime(format="%Y")
-    date_string = f"{month_abbreviation} {year}"
+
+    placeholders = {
+        "FULL_MONTH_NAME": full_month_names[month - 1],
+        "MONTH_ABBREVIATION": short_month_names[month - 1],
+        "MONTH": str(month),
+        "MONTH_IN_TWO_DIGITS": f"{month:02d}",
+        "YEAR": year,
+        "YEAR_IN_TWO_DIGITS": year[-2:],
+    }
+    translator = str.maketrans(placeholders)
+
+    if date_style is None:
+        date_style = locale_catalog["date_style"]  # type: ignore
+
+    date_string = date_style.translate(translator)  # type: ignore
 
     return date_string
 

rendercv/data/models/locale_catalog.py

@@ -111,6 +111,18 @@ class LocaleCatalog(RenderCVBaseModelWithoutExtraKeys):
         description="Full names of the months in the locale.",
         validate_default=True,  # to initialize the locale catalog with the default values
     )
+    date_style: Optional[str] = pydantic.Field(
+        default="MONTH_ABBREVIATION YEAR",
+        title="Date Style",
+        description=(
+            "The style of the date. The following placeholder can be used:\n-"
+            " FULL_MONTH_NAME: Full name of the month\n- MONTH_ABBREVIATION:"
+            " Abbreviation of the month\n- MONTH: Month as a number\n-"
+            " MONTH_IN_TWO_DIGITS: Month as a number in two digits\n- YEAR: Year as a"
+            " number\n- YEAR_IN_TWO_DIGITS: Year as a number in two digits\nThe default"
+            ' value is "MONTH_ABBREVIATION YEAR".'
+        ),
+    )
 
     @pydantic.field_validator(
         "month",
@@ -122,6 +134,7 @@ class LocaleCatalog(RenderCVBaseModelWithoutExtraKeys):
         "to",
         "full_names_of_months",
         "phone_number_format",
+        "date_style",
     )
     @classmethod
     def update_translations(cls, value: str, info: pydantic.ValidationInfo) -> str:

rendercv/renderer/templater.py

@@ -75,7 +75,7 @@ class TemplatedFile:
             cv=self.cv,
             design=self.design,
             entry=entry,
-            today=data.format_date(Date.today(), use_full_name=True),
+            today=data.format_date(Date.today(), date_style="FULL_MONTH_NAME YEAR"),
             **kwargs,
         )