Change form date input format

Using Django Forms & APIs
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Note: Django uses 'type': 'text' for date fields so that it can have control over that field. When you specify 'type': 'date', you’re yielding control over to the browser.

Quoting from the blue note box at <input type="date"> - HTML: HyperText Markup Language | MDN

Note: The displayed date format will differ from the actual value — the displayed date is formatted based on the locale of the user’s browser , but the parsed value is always formatted yyyy-mm-dd .