How to set default date in SelectDateWidget in django

Question

I am using SelectDateWidget widget for entering date in the form field. But I want it to show the current date by default. How can I do that?

model.py

bdate = models.DateField(default=datetime.date.today())

This is giving error. can anyone tell the correct way to do that?

Also, my in template

{{ form.bdate }}

when I use the above mentioned line in my template it displays like this -- -- -- but I want something like this month date year. how can i do this?

My form is:

widgets = {
      'bdate' : SelectDateWidget(),         
      }

score 7 · Answer 1 · answered Apr 10 '13 at 12:29

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Using Django 1.3 the following worked for me:

join_date = forms.DateField(widget=SelectDateWidget(), label='Joining Date', initial=timezone.now())

The keyword is initial not default.

answered Apr 10 '13 at 12:29

oz123

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score 1 · Answer 2 · edited Jan 26 '20 at 22:09

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There was similar problem here

Try to use default=datetime.date.today or auto_now_add=True

edited Jan 26 '20 at 22:09

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answered Jan 03 '12 at 07:46

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`auto_now_add=True` will have the result of automatically setting the date to now on save, *but* it won't make the actual field display anything by default. If fact, it really only makes sense to use it in conjunction with `editable=False`. – Chris Pratt Jan 03 '12 at 15:57

How to set default date in SelectDateWidget in django

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