+
+ if ($format eq 'short') {
+ $format = $self->{_date_format}->{short}
+ ||= $self->conf->config('date_format') || '%x';
+ } elsif ($format eq 'rdate') {
+ $format = $self->{_date_format}->{rdate}
+ ||= $self->conf->config('date_format') || '%m/%d/%Y';
+ } elsif ($format eq 'long') {
+ $format = $self->{_date_format}->{long}
+ ||= $self->conf->config('date_format_long') || '%b %o, %Y';
+ }
+
+ # actually render the date
+ my $string = $self->{_dh}->time2str($format, $time);
+
+ if ($escape) {
+ if ($escape eq 'html') {
+ $string = encode_entities($string);
+ $string =~ s/ +/ /g;
+ } elsif ($escape eq 'latex') { # just do nbsp's here
+ $string =~ s/ +/~/g;
+ }
+ }
+
+ $string;