Django DateInput widget format doesn't change

Question

I hate a Datetime field and a widget to select a date. Currently it's in mm/dd/yyyy format. I need it to be in dd/mm/yyyy, nothing suggested in other answers seems to have a result:

My settings.py

DATE_FORMAT = '%d/%m/%Y'
DATE_INPUT_FORMATS = ['%d/%m/%Y']

USE_I18N = True
USE_L10N = True

In my forms.py:

class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
   date_start = DateField(widget=forms.widgets.DateInput(format='%d/%m/%Y', attrs={'type': 'date'}), input_formats= settings.DATE_INPUT_FORMATS)

What could be the problem?

score 1 · Answer 1 · answered Jul 14 '20 at 18:37

It should be something like this.

class MyForm(forms.ModelForm):
    date_start = forms.DateField()

    class Meta:
        model = MyModel
        widgets = {
            'date_start': forms.DateInput(format=('%d-%m-%Y'), 
                                         attrs={'class':'myDateClass', 
                                        'placeholder':'Select a date'})
        }

Django DateInput widget format doesn't change

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