--- roundup-snap/roundup/cgi/templating.py	2014-05-15 21:16:36.000000000 +0400
+++ roundup/roundup/cgi/templating.py	2014-06-23 19:59:22.000000000 +0400
@@ -1719,7 +1719,7 @@
         if not self.is_view_ok():
             return self._('[hidden]')
 
-        ret = date.Date('.', translator=self._client)
+        ret = date.Date(translator=self._client.translator)
 
         if isinstance(str_interval, basestring):
             sign = 1
@@ -1810,7 +1810,7 @@
             return ''
 
         # figure the interval
-        interval = self._value - date.Date('.', translator=self._client)
+        interval = self._value - date.Date(translator=self._client.translator)
         if pretty:
             return interval.pretty()
         return str(interval)
@@ -1833,10 +1833,19 @@
 
         if not self._value:
             return ''
-        elif format is not self._marker:
+        try:
+            if format is not self._marker:
             return self._value.local(offset).pretty(format)
         else:
             return self._value.local(offset).pretty()
+        except AttributeError:
+            # not a date value, e.g. from unsaved form data
+            return str(self._value)
+
+    def format(self, strftime_format):
+        '''Print date exactly as supplied strftime_format.
+        '''
+        return self._value.format(strftime_format)
 
     def local(self, offset):
         """ Return the date/time as a local (timezone offset) date/time.