How can I set a DateField format in django from the model?

Question

I am creating a django application and I have the next problem: this error is shown when I want to set a date:

ValidationError [u\"\'12/06/2012\' value has a         


        

Answer 1

You could also use the LANGUAGE_CODE to get the correct date formate for the local. LANGUAGE_CODE ='en-GB' Then have DATE_INPUT_FORMATS = ['%d-%m-%Y', '%Y-%m-%d'] in the settings.py which can be called when needed at anytime.

date_birth = forms.DateField(label='Date of birth', widget=forms.SelectDateWidget(years=YEAR_CHOICES, input_formats= DATE_INPUT_FORMATS))