[Django] #35978: Django Rest Framework - How do i actually use a custom date format?

[Django]

#35978: Django Rest Framework - How do i actually use a custom date format?
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Reporter: Federico_Bucciero | Type:
| Uncategorized
Status: new | Component:
| Documentation
Version: 5.1 | Severity: Normal
Keywords: DATE_INPUT_FORMAT | Triage Stage:
| Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0
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Hi there,
using drf, i developed a simple api for an internal project.
I got asked to change the format of the date field from the ISO format
"%Y-%m-%d" to the format '%d.%m.%Y'.
I read and re-read the documentation, jumped from forum and discussion,
but i can't find a working solution.
The project structure is:
project/
api/
__init__.py
formats/
__init__.py
it/
__init__.py
formats.py
migrations/
admin.py
apps.py
...
backend/
__init__.py
asgi.py
settings.py
urls.py
wsgi.py

in project/backend/settings.py i have set
LANGUAGE_CODE = 'it'
FORMAT_MODULE_PATH = ['api.formats',]

and in project/api/formats/it/formats.py i have set
DATE_INPUT_FORMATS = [
'%d/%m/%y',
'%d/%m/%Y',
'%d.%m.%Y',
'%d.%m.%y',
'%Y-%m-%d',
# etc
]

but still doesn't work, and fails my request, asking for a date in format
'%Y-%m-%d'
The documentation doesn't help really much undestanding how to properly
customize the format, as this "The locale-dictated format has higher
precedence and will be applied instead." tries to imply that customization
is impossible.

Django version: 5.1.4
djangorestframework version: 3.15.2
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/35978>
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[Django]

#35978: Django Rest Framework - How do i actually use a custom date format?

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Reporter: Federico_Bucciero | Owner: (none)
Type: Uncategorized | Status: closed
Component: Documentation | Version: 5.1
Severity: Normal | Resolution: invalid

Keywords: DATE_INPUT_FORMAT | Triage Stage: Unreviewed
Has patch: 0 | Needs documentation: 0
Needs tests: 0 | Patch needs improvement: 0
Easy pickings: 0 | UI/UX: 0

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Changes (by Sarah Boyce):

* resolution: => invalid
* status: new => closed

Comment:

Hello, this report seems better suited to be a support request for DRF.
The best place to get answers to your issue is using any of the user
support channels from [https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/faq/help
/#how-do-i-do-x-why-doesn-t-y-work-where-can-i-go-to-get-help this link].

Since the goal of this issue tracker is to track issues about Django
itself, I'll be closing this ticket as invalid following the
[https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/internals/contributing/triaging-
tickets/#closing-tickets ticket triaging process]. Thank you!
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Ticket URL: <https://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/35978#comment:1>