Django - birthdate fildset as form widget

Question

If I have in forms.py:

birthdate = forms.DateTimeField()

and html:

<fieldset class='birthday-picker'>
    <select class='birth-year' name='birth[year]'></select>
    <select class='birth-month' name='birth[month]'></select>
    <select class='birth-day' name='birth[day]'></select>
    <input type='hidden' name='birthdate' />
</fieldset>

Do I need create a new widget or there is an answer for this? If there is no answer i will be grateful for every advice how to do this

score 15 · Answer 1 · answered May 31 '12 at 02:12

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There is a built in widget that already does that.

from django.forms import extras

class SomeForm(forms.ModelForm):
    birthdate = forms.DateField(widget=extras.SelectDateWidget)

answered May 31 '12 at 02:12

jarred

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That really helped! A lot of people missed this nice extra widget – sgimeno Aug 02 '12 at 10:50
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Update for version >= 1.9. SelectDateWidget is in django.forms and not in django.forms.extras anymore. – T.Nel Feb 20 '19 at 13:31

score 1 · Answer 2 · edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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If the html doesn't have to be exactly like this, you might get away easier with a pure javascript solution like the jquery datepicker or use djangos own admin datewidget.

edited May 23 '17 at 12:24

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answered Jun 25 '11 at 06:56

jammon

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I don't like this datepicker. I like facebook like one: http://plugins.jquery.com/project/birthdaypicker. It seems to I need to work on this a little, but not now. I need sleep, then go. I will use your advices. Thanks. See You later aligatore. – krzyhub Jun 25 '11 at 07:03

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Aug 19 '21 at 05:22

for version >= 1.9

from django import forms

class Some_Form(forms.Form):
    birthday = forms.DateField(
        widget=forms.SelectDateWidget
        )

or

use jquery-ui

 $(document).ready(function(){
         $('.datepicker').datepicker({ dateFormat: 'yy-mm-dd' });
    })

Django - birthdate fildset as form widget

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