# HG changeset patch
# User jruigrok
# Date 1298387773 0
# Node ID 0985a4562967b6dcec0a5af5ce4c2639cc267673
# Parent  4eaad9bf0e5a11fced94a3c93d96924d2bf835f8
Small speed improvement for format_date() by getting rid of duplicate parse_pattern.

Issue: #216
Submitted by: St?phane D?murget

diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -27,6 +27,7 @@
    string does not contain any string formattings (ticket #150).
  * Fix Serbian plural forms (ticket #213).
  * Prevent multiple handlers being added to the same logger (ticket #227).
+ * Small speed improvement in format_date() (ticket #216).
 
 
 Version 0.9.6
diff --git a/babel/dates.py b/babel/dates.py
--- a/babel/dates.py
+++ b/babel/dates.py
@@ -457,7 +457,7 @@
     if format in ('full', 'long', 'medium', 'short'):
         format = get_date_format(format, locale=locale)
     pattern = parse_pattern(format)
-    return parse_pattern(format).apply(date, locale)
+    return pattern.apply(date, locale)
 
 def format_datetime(datetime=None, format='medium', tzinfo=None,
                     locale=LC_TIME):