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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/topics/i18n/localization.txt | 10 |
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/localization.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/localization.txt index 8e1beaef46..91c771f610 100644 --- a/docs/topics/i18n/localization.txt +++ b/docs/topics/i18n/localization.txt @@ -265,8 +265,14 @@ current locale. Django will also use localized formats when parsing data in forms. That means Django uses different formats for different locales when guessing the format -used by the user when inputting data on forms. Note that Django uses different -formats for displaying data, and for parsing it. +used by the user when inputting data on forms. + +.. note:: + Django uses different formats for displaying data to those it uses for + parsing data. Most notably, the formats for parsing dates can't use the + ``%a`` (abbreviated weekday name), ``%A`` (full weekday name), + ``%b`` (abbreviated month name), ``%B`` (full month name), + or ``%p`` (AM/PM). To enable a form field to localize input and output data simply use its ``localize`` argument:: |