Django: despite selected language, Forms still rely on LANGUAGE_CODE to format datetime (demo included)

Question

I have created a small demo to show the problem.

When you click on British English, you can see how both the date- and time format change accordingly, which is grea

Answer 1

Fixed!! Hi Kave, after some time looking into your problem, finally I have found a solution.

• First of all, you should use activate( language_code ) to switch to new language.
• You must set as localized both: field and widget:

Sample switch language:

def display_current_language(request):
    if request.LANGUAGE_CODE == 'en-gb':
        lang = "You prefer to read British English {code}.".format(
                  code=request.LANGUAGE_CODE )
        activate(request.LANGUAGE_CODE)
    elif request.LANGUAGE_CODE == 'en-us':
        lang = "You prefer to read American English {code}.".format(
                  code=request.LANGUAGE_CODE )
        activate('en-us')    
    else:
        lang = "You prefer to read Deutsch {code}.".format( 
                   code=request.LANGUAGE_CODE )
        activate(request.LANGUAGE_CODE)    
    return lang

Sample using your model (company) and your field ( date ):

class CompanyForm(ModelForm):        
    class Meta:
        model = Company 

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        super(CompanyForm, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        self.fields['date'].localize = True
        self.fields['date'].widget.is_localized = True