diff -urpN cck_formatters_orig/spandate/spandate.info cck_formatters/spandate/spandate.info
--- cck_formatters_orig/spandate/spandate.info	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ cck_formatters/spandate/spandate.info	2010-03-09 06:55:04.625032542 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+name = Spanned date field
+description = "[spandate] Date formatter with span tags around month, day, and year, all wrapped in div with past, current (in next 12 hours), and future."
+package = "Date/Time"
+core = 6.x
+dependencies[] = date
Binary files cck_formatters_orig/spandate/.spandate.info.swp and cck_formatters/spandate/.spandate.info.swp differ
diff -urpN cck_formatters_orig/spandate/spandate.module cck_formatters/spandate/spandate.module
--- cck_formatters_orig/spandate/spandate.module	1969-12-31 16:00:00.000000000 -0800
+++ cck_formatters/spandate/spandate.module	2010-03-09 08:06:32.144815802 -0800
@@ -0,0 +1,47 @@
+<?php
+// $Id$
+
+/**
+ * Implements hook_field_formatter_info().
+ */
+function spandate_field_formatter_info() {
+  return array(
+    'trispan' => array('label' => t('Wrap three parts of date in spans'),
+      'field types' => array('date', 'datestamp', 'datetime'),
+      'multiple values' => CONTENT_HANDLE_CORE),
+  );
+}
+ 
+/**
+ * Implements hook_theme().
+ */
+function spandate_theme() {
+  return array(
+    'spandate_formatter_trispan' => array(
+      'arguments' => array('element' => NULL), 
+      'function' => 'theme_spandate_trispan'), 
+  );
+}
+
+/**
+ * Theme function to display dates with spans around them.
+ */
+function theme_spandate_trispan($element) {
+  $o = '';  // Output.
+  // Surely we could have it given to us as a UNIX time?  Ah well.
+  $datetime = strtotime($element['#item']['value']);
+  $now = time();
+  $relative = 'future';
+  if ($datetime < $now) {
+    $relative = 'past';
+  }
+  elseif ($datetime >= $now && $datetime <= $now + 12*60*60) {
+    $relative = 'current';
+  }
+  $o .= '<div class="' . $relative . '">';
+  $o .= '<span class="month">' . date('M', $datetime) . '</span>';
+  $o .= '<span class="day">' . date('d', $datetime) . '</span>';
+  $o .= '<span class="year">' . date('Y', $datetime) . '</span>';
+  $o .= '</div>';
+  return $o;
+}