django template date filter format string question

I have a datetime value that is available in a django 开发者_如何转开发template.

I am trying to format the date as "d-mmm"

so for example dates are formated as:

• 5-Mar
• 10-Mar
• 4-Apr

etc.

I have tried different combinations - NOTHING works so far?. I hope I dont have to write a custom filter just to format a date ?

[Edit]

I tried the 'obvious' format string like: 'j-M', 'j-N', (even 'j-mmm' and 'd-mmm')

Have you tried {{ some_date|date:"j-M" }}?

http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/templates/builtins/#date