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Leman Kirme
Leman Kirme

Reputation: 550

Set current time and date as default in django model

How can I set the default value as current date and time in a model?

my model is :

class StudUni(models.Model):
    student_id = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
    uni_name = models.CharField(max_length=55, blank=True, null=True)
    last_updated = models.DateTimeField(blank=True)

Upvotes: 0

Views: 2559

Answers (3)

Aathik
Aathik

Reputation: 69

last_updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now=True)

For more info you can check here:

Upvotes: 1

cizario
cizario

Reputation: 4254

i suggest you adding two timestamps, one (date_created) to save the date the object is created (for once) and the other one (date_updated or last_updated) to keep track on updates:

try this code below:

from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _

[..]

class StudUni(models.Model):
    student_id = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
    uni_name = models.CharField(max_length=55, blank=True, null=True)

    # timestamps
    date_created = models.DateTimeField(_('date created'), auto_now_add=True)
    last_updated = models.DateTimeField(_('last updated'), auto_now=True)

Upvotes: 0

VATSAL JAIN
VATSAL JAIN

Reputation: 581

class StudUni(models.Model):
    student_id = models.IntegerField(blank=True, null=True)
    uni_name = models.CharField(max_length=55, blank=True, null=True)
    last_updated = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True,blank=True)

This will set the current date and time whenever its saved

Upvotes: 0

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