Why Django render DateField type as text instead of date ?

[Ruchit Bhatt]

Hi folks,
Here i am eager to find out why django render model dateField type as text ??

<input type="text" ...>

instead of

<input type="date" ...>

Is there any alternative or inbuilt method to render datefield as date ?


This is my code

models.py

    class HumanUser(AbstractUser):
        birth_date = models.DateField(null=True, blank=True, verbose_name=u"DOB")

forms.py


class profile_form(forms.ModelForm):

    def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
        kwargs.setdefault('label_suffix', '')
        super(profile_form, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
        for field in self.fields:
            self.fields[field].widget.attrs.update({'class': 'form-control form-control-line', })

    class Meta:
        model = User
        fields = [
            'full_name',
            'birth_date',
            'mobile',
            'bio',
            'gender',
        ]


HTML output


<input type="text" name="birth_date" class="form-control form-control-line" id="id_birth_date" />





[Collin Anderson]

Hi,

The history of why is here: https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/16630#comment:11

You can get type="date" like so on your form: birth_date = forms.DateField(attrs={'type': 'date'}, required=False)

Thanks,
Collin

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