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| -rw-r--r-- | docs/ref/models/fields.txt | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index ae3d4bb441..5893a57464 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -495,7 +495,11 @@ optional arguments: Automatically set the field to now when the object is first created. Useful for creation of timestamps. Note that the current date is *always* used; - it's not just a default value that you can override. + 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``. + The default form widget for this field is a :class:`~django.forms.TextInput`. The admin adds a JavaScript calendar, |