date needs to be a DateTimeField, and you can also use the built in
auto_now_add
date = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add = True)
On Mar 6, 5:05 pm, DuncanM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to create a model that doesn't ask for the users input on the
> date, it takes the days date automatically,
>
> I thought it would be as simple as doing:
>
> class News(models.Model):
> newsTitle = models.CharField("News Title", maxlength=200, core=True,
> help_text="Title of the news item e.g. website launch")
> date = datetime.date.today()
> author = models.CharField(maxlength=200)
>
> But apparently not as this does not work. Could anyone help please?
>
> Also I would ideally like the author to be autopopulated by whoever
> posts the item using the admin interface. How would I do this?
>
> Thanks,
> Duncan
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