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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index 2429406d68..203241ae5f 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -542,6 +542,23 @@ The default form widget for this field is a :class:`~django.forms.TextInput`. :class:`FloatField` and :class:`DecimalField` classes, please see :ref:`FloatField vs. DecimalField <floatfield_vs_decimalfield>`. +``DurationField`` +----------------- + +.. versionadded:: 1.8 + +.. class:: DurationField([**options]) + +A field for storing periods of time - modeled in Python by +:class:`~python:datetime.timedelta`. When used on PostgreSQL, the data type +used is an ``interval``, otherwise a ``bigint`` of microseconds is used. + +.. note:: + + Arithmetic with ``DurationField`` works in most cases. However on all + databases other than PostgreSQL, comparing the value of a ``DurationField`` + to arithmetic on ``DateTimeField`` instances will not work as expected. + ``EmailField`` -------------- |