physics_workload.app.utility

Functions

year_to_academic_year(→ str)	Output function for producing tidy dates.
update_all_loads(→ int)	Updates the load of all assignments, staff, e.t.c.

Module Contents

physics_workload.app.utility.year_to_academic_year(date: datetime.datetime) → str

Output function for producing tidy dates.

Parameters:

date – A datetime for the last year of an academic year (e.g. 2024/06/15)

Returns:

The academic year that datetime belongs to (e.g. 23/24)

physics_workload.app.utility.update_all_loads(request: django.http.HttpRequest | None = None) → int

Updates the load of all assignments, staff, e.t.c.

A very expensive function but required given the weirdly self-referential definition.

Parameters:

request – The web request, required to provide an output message.

Returns:

The number of cycles taken to update the full-time equivalent loads.