Yes, but the calendar widget isn't what I want. My user only really needs to pick a month (and maybe a year) but not a day. I could resort to using that field type, but I wanted to see if I could overcome this problem since, at least in my opinion, the calendar widget might be a little confusing.
Thanks for the suggestion. On May 12, 7:56 am, Sean Brant <brant.s...@gmail.com> wrote: > Did you try date = models.DateTimeField(). This will show up in the > admin tool as a calendar widget that you can use to select the date. > Django takes care of converting the dates into Python objects and into > whatever format your database needs for storing. You could also just > use a DateField if you do not need the > time.http://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#datetimefield > orhttp://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/ref/models/fields/#datefield > > On May 12, 6:47 am, zachp <zpice...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hi, I'm completely new to django, so please bear with me. My first > > project is a site which handles a monthly prize drawing for my > > company. People build up points throughout the month by carpooling/ > > biking to work, etc, and at the end of the month a drawing is done to > > determine a winner. My question is with the form that will be used to > > run the contest. I need the user who does this to be able to select a > > month (and possibly a year) for the drawing she wants to run. I need > > django to convert those two data points into a datetime object for me, > > but it's not readily obvious how to do that. My first shot at it had a > > ChoiceField in the form which I populated with month names, but now > > I'm stuck on the best way to get those converted to datetime objects. > > Please help! Thank you. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
