Default time for datetime picker widget

[libe...@gmail.com]

Hi,

I was wondering if there is an easy way to specify a default time (say 00:00)   in place of the current system time in the
datetime picker widget included in the web2py distribution

Regards

Luca

[Niphlod]

Sometimes, in web2py, it's just THAT simple

import datetime
.....
Field('whatever', 'time', default=datetime.time(0,0,0))
....

;-)

[libe...@gmail.com]

Thank you for the answer,

I am not sure your suggestion would work in my case. I have a datetime field that potentially can be NULL. In the form the datetime field is
represented by default by the datetime picker widget, what I am looking for is a way to let the user select a date and have the time default to
00:00:00 while leaving the user the ability to change it.

[Leonel Câmara]

Put it as a placeholder?

[Luca Liberti]

Thank you

I tried modifying the model as
Field('model_end_time', type='datetime',represent=lambda x, row: 'Active' if x is None else x.strftime("%Y-%m-%d"),default=datetime.datetime.now().replace(hour=0,minute=0,second=0, microsecond=0))

I find that the datetime picker control still defaults to the current system time regardless the fact that the field is empty or not

I there anything I am making wrong

On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 12:19 PM, Leonel Câmara <leonel...@gmail.com> wrote:

Put it as a placeholder?

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[Niphlod]

let's break it down a bit.....
It's one thing to have a field "prefilled" with a default value and it's a totally different one to have a field empty by default but when you click on it it "presets" the time to 00:00.

The former needs a Field(...., default=something), the latter, given that the date(time) input is "managed" by a javascript component, needs a "javascript" tuning.

Unfortunately, it seems that the version we're using can't accomodate for a "default time" for a datetime.

[Luca Liberti]

What I was looking for was exactly some hint on how to do some "javascript" tuning from within web2py. I am aware this might be a "borderline" question not

completely belonging to the forum.

Thank you

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[Massimo Di Pierro]

There is a new undocumented feature in web2py: ASSIGNJ

def index():

    return dict(a={'whatever': ['you', 'want']})

# in view

<script>{{=ASSIGNJS(whatever=whatever}}</script>

now whatever is a JS variable.

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