Question

I would like to know how to merge months and years when displaying a date in a Django template.

From this:

Oct. 12, 2012 - Oct. 20, 2012

To this:

Oct. 12-20, 2012

Answer 1

Something like this should work. It makes sure that the month and year are the same, in which case outputs string like Oct. 12-20, 2012. If not, then it outputs Oct. 12, 2012 - Oct. 22, 2013.

{% if date1|date:"nY" == date2|date:"nY" %} {# same month and day #}
    {{ date1|date:"N j" }}-{{ date2|date:"j, Y" }}
{% else %}
    {{ date1|date:"N j, Y" }} - {{ date2|date:"N j, Y" }}
{% endif %}

Here is a full reference for Django date template filter.