From: János Rusiczki <janos.rusiczki@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Mar 2021 20:19:02 +0000 (+0200)
Subject: Better date / time formatting
X-Git-Url: https://vault307.fbx.one/gitweb/RPI-PICO-I2C-LCD.git/commitdiff_plain/e2783229af9180c7ea31385b005773f35baf67c1?ds=sidebyside;hp=990c4d52c4fb2d312d425ba15c88012533034e1a

Better date / time formatting

Many thanks for putting together this library / short tutorial. It got me kickstarted with using a 20x4 LCD with my Pico.
Here's some giving back, instead of writing: `2021/3/6 3:8:2` it will write `2021/03/06 03:08:02`.
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diff --git a/pico_i2c_lcd_test.py b/pico_i2c_lcd_test.py
index 89e2d96..34fd9ff 100644
--- a/pico_i2c_lcd_test.py
+++ b/pico_i2c_lcd_test.py
@@ -21,9 +21,9 @@ def test_main():
     while True:
         lcd.clear()
         time = utime.localtime()
-        lcd.putstr("{year}/{month}/{day} {HH}:{MM}:{SS}".format(
-            year=str(time[0]), month=str(time[1]), day=str(time[2]),
-            HH=str(time[3]), MM=str(time[4]), SS=str(time[5])))
+        lcd.putstr("{year:>04d}/{month:>02d}/{day:>02d} {HH:>02d}:{MM:>02d}:{SS:>02d}".format(
+            year=time[0], month=time[1], day=time[2],
+            HH=time[3], MM=time[4], SS=time[5]))
         if count % 10 == 0:
             print("Turning cursor on")
             lcd.show_cursor()