#11231: forms.DateField, initial doesn't print out in input_formats format
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Reporter: skm | Owner: nobody
Status: closed | Milestone:
Component: Uncategorized | Version: 1.0
Resolution: duplicate | Keywords:
Stage: Unreviewed | Has_patch: 0
Needs_docs: 0 | Needs_tests: 0
Needs_better_patch: 0 |
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Comment (by kmtracey):
Not sure this is a dupe of #7980, rather I think it is invalid. Some
actual code would help understand what you are trying to say here. Based
on the summary, and the fact that you are specifying `input_formats` for a
field you are making read-only, though, it sounds like you are trying to
use `input_formats` to control how the date is formatted on output. It's
not used for that. It controls what formats are acceptable on input. With
what you specify, the initial date value as displayed on the form will not
necessarily match what you are apparently looking for:
{{{
>>> from django import forms
>>> from datetime import date, timedelta
>>> class DF(forms.Form):
... start_date =
forms.DateField(initial=date.today()-timedelta(days=1), input_formats=["%Y
%m %d"], widget=forms.TextInput(attrs={"readonly":"true"}))
...
>>> df = DF()
>>> df.as_p()
u'<p><label for="id_start_date">Start date:</label> <input readonly="true"
type="text" name="start_date" value="2009-05-28" id="id_start_date"
/></p>'
}}}
The value on display doesn't match the no-dashes format specified for
`input_formats` because `input_formats` does not control output display.
To control the way the initial date is formatted for output, you can use
the `format` parameter of the `DateInput` widget:
{{{
>>> class DF2(forms.Form):
... start_date =
forms.DateField(initial=date.today()-timedelta(days=1),
widget=forms.DateInput(format="%Y %m %d", attrs={"readonly":"true"}))
...
>>> df2 = DF2()
>>> df2.as_p()
u'<p><label for="id_start_date">Start date:</label> <input readonly="true"
type="text" name="start_date" value="2009 05 28" id="id_start_date"
/></p>'
}}}
Note the `DateInput` widget was added in r10115 for 1.1 so you'll need to
be using the 1.1 beta release or svn trunk version to use it.
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