Fixed #3146: DateFields no longer barf when confronted by strings. Thanks, Deepak Thukral.

git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/trunk@6193 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37

1 files changed, 6 insertions, 1 deletions

diff --git a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
index 795f8936bd..3792a30a88 100644
--- a/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
+++ b/django/db/models/fields/__init__.py
@@ -538,7 +538,12 @@ class DateField(Field):
     def get_db_prep_save(self, value):
         # Casts dates into string format for entry into database.
         if value is not None:
-            value = value.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+            try:
+                value = value.strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
+            except AttributeError:
+                # If value is already a string it won't have a strftime method,
+                # so we'll just let it pass through.
+                pass
         return Field.get_db_prep_save(self, value)
 
     def get_manipulator_field_objs(self):