Added support for datetime.date to DateFormat.r().

2 files changed, 17 insertions, 11 deletions

diff --git a/django/utils/dateformat.py b/django/utils/dateformat.py
index adf748b21c..103bff7aae 100644
--- a/django/utils/dateformat.py
+++ b/django/utils/dateformat.py
@@ -265,16 +265,14 @@ class DateFormat(TimeFormat):
 
     def r(self):
         "RFC 5322 formatted date; e.g. 'Thu, 21 Dec 2000 16:01:07 +0200'"
-        if type(self.data) is date:
-            raise TypeError(
-                "The format for date objects may not contain time-related "
-                "format specifiers (found 'r')."
-            )
-        if is_naive(self.data):
-            dt = make_aware(self.data, timezone=self.timezone)
-        else:
-            dt = self.data
-        return format_datetime_rfc5322(dt)
+        value = self.data
+        if not isinstance(value, datetime):
+            # Assume midnight in default timezone if datetime.date provided.
+            default_timezone = get_default_timezone()
+            value = datetime.combine(value, time.min).replace(tzinfo=default_timezone)
+        elif is_naive(value):
+            value = make_aware(value, timezone=self.timezone)
+        return format_datetime_rfc5322(value)
 
     def S(self):
         """
diff --git a/tests/utils_tests/test_dateformat.py b/tests/utils_tests/test_dateformat.py
index 4402048f3a..9563790b20 100644
--- a/tests/utils_tests/test_dateformat.py
+++ b/tests/utils_tests/test_dateformat.py
@@ -200,7 +200,7 @@ class DateFormatTests(SimpleTestCase):
     def test_invalid_time_format_specifiers(self):
         my_birthday = date(1984, 8, 7)
 
-        for specifier in ["a", "A", "f", "g", "G", "h", "H", "i", "P", "r", "s", "u"]:
+        for specifier in ["a", "A", "f", "g", "G", "h", "H", "i", "P", "s", "u"]:
             with self.subTest(specifier=specifier):
                 msg = (
                     "The format for date objects may not contain time-related "
@@ -237,6 +237,14 @@ class DateFormatTests(SimpleTestCase):
             with self.subTest(time=t):
                 self.assertEqual(dateformat.time_format(t, "P"), expected)
 
+    def test_r_format_with_date(self):
+        # Assume midnight in default timezone if datetime.date provided.
+        dt = date(2022, 7, 1)
+        self.assertEqual(
+            dateformat.format(dt, "r"),
+            "Fri, 01 Jul 2022 00:00:00 +0200",
+        )
+
     def test_r_format_with_non_en_locale(self):
         # Changing the locale doesn't change the "r" format.
         dt = datetime(1979, 7, 8, 22, 00)