Django form.as_p DateField not showing input type as date

Question

Working on my first django app, and I have a model defined with some DateFields, and then a ModelForm off of that model i.e.

models

Answer 1

To use directly in forms.Form

class DateInput(forms.DateInput):
input_type = 'date'

class Gym(forms.Form):
    starting_date = forms.DateField(widget = DateInput)