How to change django datetime format output?

Question

I have a datetime object. This is my template file:

<ul>
<li>{{ sale.validity }}</li>
</ul>

and the output i'm getting is in the format:

July 18, 2012, midnight

I would really like to change the output to be numerical in the format: day-month-year so for example the above would be changed to:

18-07-2012

Can someone point me out to the right direction on this?

Does this answer your question? [How can I change the default Django date template format?](https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7737146/how-can-i-change-the-default-django-date-template-format) — Flimm, May 07 '20 at 13:39

score 36 · Accepted Answer · edited Dec 30 '15 at 14:04

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Per Django docs, you can use a date filter to format date:

{{ sale.validity|date:"d-m-Y"}}

Additionally, you can also set DATE_FORMAT (or DATETIME_FORMAT) setting to set a project-wide default for displaying such values if USE_L10N is False. If it's true, you'll want to have a look at this documentation on format localization.

edited Dec 30 '15 at 14:04

Flimm

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answered Jul 20 '12 at 11:23

Jonas Geiregat

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this is great. waiting for the time to pass to mark it as correct thank you – Tom Jul 20 '12 at 11:27

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