Thanks @Joe. I had been trying to avoid using a third party app if I could help it. I ended up using the default Django DateTime widget as-is. Will try out your recommendation if the need arises.
Kind regards, Lloyd *Sent with Shift <https://tryshift.com/?utm_source=SentWithShift&utm_campaign=Sent%20with%20Shift%20Signature&utm_medium=Email%20Signature&utm_content=General%20Email%20Group>* On Fri, Jun 7, 2019 at 10:11 PM Joe Reitman <[email protected]> wrote: > Or a better option is to use a third party app such as > https://django-bootstrap-datepicker-plus.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html > > On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 1:05:04 PM UTC-5, Joe Reitman wrote: >> >> Try this: >> >> in settings.py >> >> USE_L10N = False >> >> USE_TZ = True >> >> DATE_INPUT_FORMATS = ['%B %d, %Y'] >> >> >> In forms.py >> >> start_date = forms.DateField( >> widget=forms.DateInput(attrs={'placeholder': 'October 24, 2019'}), >> ) >> >> >> On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 5:36:30 AM UTC-5, Dube Software wrote: >>> >>> Hi, >>> >>> I have a form with a start_date field of type DateField (widget is >>> DateInput). >>> >>> When I specify a format argument, the input does not render as >>> specified. The format is always YYYY-MM-DD. My code is as follows: >>> >>> ``` >>> start_date = forms.DateField( >>> label='Start date', >>> widget=forms.widgets.DateInput( >>> format='%d %B, %Y', >>> attrs = { >>> 'type': 'date', >>> } >>> ) >>> ) >>> ``` >>> What am I missing? >>> >>> Kind regards, >>> Lloyd >>> >>> *Sent with Shift >>> <https://tryshift.com/?utm_source=SentWithShift&utm_campaign=Sent%20with%20Shift%20Signature&utm_medium=Email%20Signature&utm_content=General%20Email%20Group>* >>> >> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/28af33d7-359a-499e-9576-2729fc742ce8%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/28af33d7-359a-499e-9576-2729fc742ce8%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAH-SnCD4_QB%3DkRPnSYL1MhTuVZnE8GQU208-7vgjOUgOxdvREQ%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
