Determine variable type within django template

Question

I have a variable that I\'m pulling into a table that sometimes is a date and sometimes is a string. If the variable is a date, I want to change the formatting:

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Answer 1

I know I'm way behind on this (by three years) but I just got here looking to do something similar and came up with what I think is a decent solution.

Just add a function to your models like get_model_type and have it return something you'd expect from each model like so:

class MyModelOne(models.Model):
  date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
  first_name = models.CharField(max_length=255)
  def get_model_type(self):
    return "my_model_one"

class MyModelTwo(models.Model):
  date_created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
  other_field = models.CharField(max_length=255)
  def get_model_type(self):
    return "my_model_two"

Then in your template you can easily just call that function:

{% if model.get_model_type == 'my_model_one' %}
  
Model One
{% elif model.get_model_type == 'my_model_two' %}
  
Model Two
{% endif %}