Question

Is it possible to customize a django application to have accept localized date format (e.g dd/mm/yy) in a DateField on an admin form ?

I have a model class :

class MyModel(models.Model):    
    date  = models.DateField("Date")    

And associated admin class

class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
     pass

On django administration interface, I would like to be able to input a date in following format : dd/mm/yyyy. However, the date field in the admin form expects yyyy-mm-dd.

How can I customize things ? Nota bene : I have already specified my custom language code (fr-FR) in settings.py, but it seems to have no effect on this date input matter.

Thanks in advance for your answer

Answer 1

The admin system uses a default ModelForm for editing the objects. You’ll need to provide a custom form so that you can begin overriding field behaviour.

Inside your modelform, override the field using a DateField, and use the input_formats option.

MY_DATE_FORMATS = ['%d/%m/%Y',]

class MyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    date = forms.DateField(input_formats=MY_DATE_FORMATS)
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel

class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    form = MyModelForm