I need to change input format just for one field. I need to accept 31/03/2020 instead of 3/31/2020. If I enter 3/31/2020 then it's works, but when try 31/03/2020 then appears Enter a valid date. This can be done global by DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS but I'm looking for the way where input_format will apply only to one field.
This is what I currently have.
view.py
def customer(request, pk):
customer = Customer.objects.get(id=pk)
orders = customer.order_set.all()
order_count = orders.count()
myFilter = OrderFilter(request.GET, queryset=orders)
orders = myFilter.qs
context = {
'customer': customer,
'orders': orders,
'order_count': order_count,
'myFilter': myFilter
}
return render(request, 'accounts/customer.html', context)
filter.py
class OrderFilter(FilterSet):
start_date = DateFilter(field_name="date_created", lookup_expr='gte')
class Meta:
model = Order
fields = ['product', 'status', 'note', 'start_date']
customer.html
<div class="row">
<div class="col">
<div class="card card-body">
<form method="get">
{{ myFilter.form }}
<button class="btn btn-primary" type="submit">Search</button>
</form>
</div>
</div>
</div>
I tried to add init object to the class but without success.
def __init__(self, *args, **kwargs):
super(OrderFilter, self).__init__(*args, **kwargs)
self.start_date = DateTimeField(input_formats=['%d-%m-%Y'])