Reputation: 6304

How can I change the default Django date template format?

I have dates in ISO 8601 format in the database, %Y-%m-%d. However, when the date is passed on to the template, it comes out as something like Oct. 16, 2011.

Is there a way that I can manipulate the format to whatever I want?

Upvotes: 157

Answers (12)

MD. SHIFULLAH

Reputation: 1721

Here is date format changing on django template:

Code:

<h5>Event date is: {{ event_date|date:"M d, Y" }}</h5>

The output will be like this: Aug 17, 2022

Upvotes: 0

rambo_gt_r

Reputation: 9

{% load temp_tags %}

     <div class="d-flex ">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control me-2 w-25 show_error"  name="lender_dob_day" aria-describedby=""
                        {% if lender_dob %} value="{{ lender_dob|split:'-'|last }}" {% else %} value="" {% endif %} placeholder="DD">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control me-2 w-25 show_error"  name="lender_dob_month" aria-describedby=""
                        {% if lender_dob %} value="{{ lender_dob|split:'-'|slice:'1:2'|first }}" {% else %} value="" {% endif %} placeholder="MM">
                    <input type="text" class="form-control flex-1 show_error" name="lender_dob_year" aria-describedby=""
                        {% if lender_dob %} value="{{ lender_dob|split:'-'|first }}" {% else %} value="" {% endif %} placeholder="YYYY">
                    </div>






@register.filter
def split(value, delimiter):
    return value.split(delimiter)

Upvotes: 0

Ajeesh K H

Reputation: 19

{{your_date|date:'Y-m-d'}}

This will show something like 2022-12-02. You can use the format as you want.

Upvotes: 1

kta

Reputation: 20110

In order to change the date format in the views.py file and then assign it to template:

# get the object details 
home = Home.objects.get(home_id=homeid)

# get the start date
_startDate = home.home_startdate.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')

# assign it to template 
return render_to_response('showme.html', {'home_startdate':_startDate},  context_instance=RequestContext(request) )

Upvotes: 10

Manoj Parmar

Reputation: 79

If you are getting an error in calling a Date value in a Django template, try this

{{ViewfieldValue.CreateModelValue|date:"M d, Y" }}

Upvotes: 1

Md. Zahangir Alam

Reputation: 557

{{yourDate|date:'*Prefered Format*'}}

Example:

{{yourDate|date:'F d, Y'}}

For the preferred format: Built-in template tags and filters, date

Upvotes: 4

Toluwalemi

Reputation: 414

You need a date template filter.

E.g:

<td>Joined {{user.date_created|date:"F Y" }}<td>

This returns Joined December 2018.

Upvotes: 13

nilsoviani

Reputation: 354

If you need to show a short date and time (11/08/2018 03:23 a.m.), you can do it like this:

{{your_date_field|date:"SHORT_DATE_FORMAT"}} {{your_date_field|time:"h:i a"}}

Details for this tag is here and more about dates according to the given format is here.

Example:

<small class="text-muted">Last updated: {{your_date_field|date:"SHORT_DATE_FORMAT"}} {{your_date_field|time:"h:i a"}}</small>

Upvotes: 13

Ignacio Vazquez-Abrams

Reputation: 798486

date template tag

settings.DATE_FORMAT

Upvotes: 60

hardcoderrsl

Reputation: 361

Just use this:

{{you_date_field|date:'Y-m-d'}}

This will show something like 2016-10-16. You can use the format as you want.

Upvotes: 34

Ciro Santilli OurBigBook.com

Reputation: 382532

Set both DATE_FORMAT and USE_L10N

To make changes for the entire site in Django 1.4.1 add:

DATE_FORMAT = "Y-m-d"

to your settings.py file and edit:

USE_L10N = False

since l10n overrides DATE_FORMAT

This is documented at: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/settings/#date-format

Upvotes: 41

medmunds

Reputation: 6252

Within your template, you can use Django's date filter. E.g.:

<p>Birthday: {{ birthday|date:"M d, Y" }}</p>

Gives:

Birthday: Jan 29, 1983

More formatting examples in the date filter docs.

Upvotes: 385

How can I change the default Django date template format?

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