datetime format

Using Django Templates & Frontend
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hi,
i’ve just update my Django version to 5 but i notice that datetime not taking short datetime format
from settings SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT i’ve put it mak it to another format
is this a bug or the setting has changed
this is my settings
SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT = ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’
but it shows in HTML like this May 2, 2024, 3:56 p.m.
and thank you

2

How are you rendering that field in your template?

3

like this {{ item.created_on }} for example
not only this one all fields with datetime

4

See the docs for the date filter to identify a format to use when rendering a date or datetime field.

5

but I wasn’t using it and the format was rendering like I put it in settings is this changed in the new Django version??

just when I’ve used this format works fine in settings

DATETIME_FORMAT = ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’
from django.conf.locale.en import formats

formats.DATETIME_FORMAT = DATETIME_FORMAT

can I do it without using this

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DATETIME_FORMAT is not SHORT_DATETIME_FORMAT

From the docs for DATETIME_FORMAT:

The default formatting to use for displaying datetime fields in any part of the system.

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i know but why it not work as intended unless I’m do this change
DATETIME_FORMAT = ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’
from django.conf.locale.en import formats

formats.DATETIME_FORMAT = DATETIME_FORMAT

8

I’m sorry, I’m not following you here.

What doesn’t work? What is intended?

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in django 4.2 and older when i use in template any datetime from model the format work as this
DATETIME_FORMAT = ‘Y-m-d H:i:s’ format
but in django 5 when I use datetime field in template the format is the default one
this
Default: 'N j, Y' (e.g. Feb. 4, 2003)

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There was a change in the docs between 4.2 and 5.0 that may explain your situation.

In 4.2, DATETIME_FORMAT:

Note that if USE_L10N is set to True , then the locale-dictated format has higher precedence and will be applied instead.

Since the USE_L10N setting was removed in 5.0, the docs now read:

Note that the locale-dictated format has higher precedence and will be applied instead.

(In other words, locale-defined formats always take precedence.)

This means that you either need to change the locale format, or specifically use this format in the template.

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thank you that makes sense now