Displays Gregorian date

[omidshojaee]

Configurations

• Python version: 3.12.3
• Django version: 5.0.6
• django_jalali version: 6.2.1
• OS: Windows 11
• Database: sqlite

Here's my setup:

models.py:

from django.utils import timezone
from django_jalali.db import models as jmodels

class Post(models.Model):
    publish = jmodels.jDateTimeField(default=timezone.now)

With the above setup, the add form in the admin site still displays the Gregorian date:

And the datepicker is showing the wrong date (it shows Shahrivar because now it is month 6 of Gregorian calendar):

Ironically, in the same project, in my custom user model I have this:

models.py

date_joined = jmodels.jDateTimeField(default=timezone.now)

And this is how it looks in the Admin site:

So it works without any issue.

The only difference between those two models is that one of them is my own, and the other one is a subclass of Django's User model.

[omidshojaee]

I figured out what is the issue.

If I define the field like this:

publish = jmodels.jDateTimeField()

Then this is what I have in the admin site (i.e the datepicker works correctly)

However if I change the field to this:

publish = jmodels.jDateTimeField(default=timezone.now)

Then the datepicker does not work:

So, is that intentional? What is the solution here?

[hramezani]

have you tested jmodels.jDateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)?

[omidshojaee]

Yes it works however the field disappears from the admin site because auto_now_add means set the field value only once during object creation and it is not meant to be edited later.

I need to set the field's value automatically, but edit it later if I need to. That's why timezone.now is the suitable option.

[slashmili]

What if you use

    publish = jmodels.jDateTimeField(default=jdatetime.datetime.now)

if you want to get the timezone based on the setting,s you need to write a function like

def current_datetime():
  dt = jdatetime.datetime.now()
  new_dt = .. do something with dt to get the timezone from settings and apply it on the datetime
  new_dt


class Post(models.Model):
    publish = jmodels.jDateTimeField(default=current_datetime)
 

if you figure out how is it done, a PR is welcomed to add it as django_jalali.utils.timzeone

[omidshojaee]

how about

from django.utils import timezone
publish = jmodels.jDateTimeField(default=jdatetime.datetime.now(tz=timezone.get_current_timezone()))

[slashmili]

Looks good!