#!/usr/bin/env python
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r"""marshall.py: Marshal values into strings

"""
__docformat__ = "restructuredtext en"

import math
import xapian

def float_to_string(value):
    """Marshall a floating point number to a string which sorts in the
    appropriate manner.

    """
    return xapian.sortable_serialise(value)

def date_to_string(date):
    """Marshall a date to a string which sorts in the appropriate manner.

    """
    return '%04d%02d%02d' % (date.year, date.month, date.day)