Initializing DateTimeField in django forms.

[prince gosavi]

Hi,

I am building a simple django application for user feedback. And I have created a form for that purpose.

Here is the snippet:

# my_app/forms.py

from django import forms
import datetime
class UserQueryForm(forms.Form):
    date = forms.DateField(initial=datetime.date.today) # need help
    username = forms.CharField(label='Username:', max_length=15)
    mobilenos = forms.CharField(max_length=10, label='Mobile Nos')

And here is my template:

<!--my_app/templates/my_app/form.html-->
<form action="" method="POST">
    {% csrf_token %}
    <h1>Date:</h1>
    {{ form.date }}
    {{ form.username.label}}
    {{ form.username }}
    <br />
    {{ form.mobilenos.label}}
    {{ form.mobilenos}}
    <br />
    <input type="submit" value="Submit">
  </form>

I would like to initialize the date so that it is automatically set to today's date when the page loads.
All suggestions are welcomed.

Regards,

Rajkumar

[Etienne Robillard]

How does your view looks like?

Etienne

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[prince gosavi]

# my_app/views.py
from django.shortcuts import render, get_object_or_404

# Create your views here.
from .models import User
from .forms import UserQueryForm
def home(request): # home page
    a_list = User.objects.filter()
    for item in a_list:
        context = {'username': item.username,'contact_info': item.mobile_nos, 'req_date': item.request_date}
        print(item.username)
        return render(request, 'userinfo/information.html', context)

def query_form(request): # the concerned view
    if request.method == 'POST':
        form = UserQueryForm(request.POST)
        if form.is_valid():
            get_date = request.POST['date']
            get_username = request.POST['username']
            get_mobile_nos = request.POST['mobilenos']
            context ={'username':get_username, 'contact_info': get_mobile_nos, 'req_date': get_datetime}
            return render(request, 'userinfo/information.html', context)
    else:
        form = UserQueryForm()
    return render(request, 'userinfo/form.html',{ 'form': form })

[Etienne Robillard]

i think you need to replace:

form = UserQueryForm()

with

form = UserQueryForm(initial={'date': date})

See: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/forms/api/

Etienne

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[prince gosavi]

That did the job.But I would like to get rid of the 'Field' type view that surrounds the date. As I only want to display the date.
Is there a way to do it in the form itself or any way to change it in the templates?

On Monday, February 19, 2018 at 7:52:05 PM UTC+5:30, prince gosavi wrote:

[Jani Tiainen]

Hi.

If you want to display only date why aren't you doing it in template rather than trying to make form to just display value.

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[Ryan Nowakowski]

You could make the date field "disabled":
https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/2.0/ref/forms/fields/#disabled

> > I would like to initialize the *date *so that it is automatically set to

> > today's date when the page loads.
> > All suggestions are welcomed.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Rajkumar
> >
>

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