# HG changeset patch
# User jruigrok
# Date 1298389186 0
# Node ID 3295127550fe29616ae44f829c00effd61717951
# Parent  03809d2f85529e44b741fe800e7ecdf327bc0829
Merged revisions 554 via svnmerge from
http://svn.edgewall.org/repos/babel/trunk

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  r554 | jruigrok | 2011-02-22 16:16:13 +0100 (di, 22 feb 2011) | 4 lines

  Small speed improvement for format_date() by getting rid of duplicate parse_pattern.

  Issue: #216
  Submitted by: St?phane D?murget
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diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -22,6 +22,7 @@
    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 0.9.5
diff --git a/babel/dates.py b/babel/dates.py
--- a/babel/dates.py
+++ b/babel/dates.py
@@ -456,7 +456,7 @@
     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):