How to get django queryset results with formatted datetime field

Question

I\'ve Django model which has foreign keys associated with other models. Each model is having same field names(attributes) created_at and updated_at

In every django q

Answer 1

Solved it via @Yannics answer at: https://stackoverflow.com/a/60924664/5804947

This also avoids using extra which should be "a last resort" due to Django docs.

from django.db.models import F, Func, Value, CharField

qs.annotate(
  formatted_date=Func(
    F('created_at'),
    Value('DD-MM-YYYY HH:MM:SS'),
    function='to_char',
    output_field=CharField()
  )
)