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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index cc82d0fde3..51e4b0de18 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -497,9 +497,13 @@ optional arguments: for creation of timestamps. Note that the current date is *always* used; it's not just a default value that you can override. So even if you set a value for this field when creating the object, it will be ignored. - If you want to be able to modify this field, set ``default=timezone.now`` - (from :func:`django.utils.timezone.now`) instead of ``auto_now_add=True``. + If you want to be able to modify this field, set the following instead of + ``auto_now_add=True``: + * For :class:`DateField`: ``default=date.today`` - from + :meth:`datetime.date.today` + * For :class:`DateTimeField`: ``default=timezone.now`` - from + :func:`django.utils.timezone.now` The default form widget for this field is a :class:`~django.forms.TextInput`. The admin adds a JavaScript calendar, |