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Python Django Basics Model Administration Adding Instances

shoval yechiel
shoval yechiel
4,465 Points
Posted by shoval yechiel
shoval yechiel
4,465 Points

DateTimeField returns None

I am using python 3. when I make an object, i always get None. the exact code is 

class Course(models.Model):
    created_at = models.DateTimeField(auto_add_now=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=255)
    description = models.TextField()

I found on SOV the I can pass default=datetime.datetime.now() but then I get an naive date error since its not compatible with timezones. any suggestion ? also the 0001_initial.py made by python is

class Migration(migrations.Migration):

    initial = True

    dependencies = [
    ]

    operations = [
        migrations.CreateModel(
            name='Course',
            fields=[
                ('id', models.AutoField(auto_created=True, primary_key=True, serialize=False, verbose_name='ID')),
                ('created_at', models.DateTimeField(auto_add_now=True)),
                ('title', models.CharField(max_length=255)),
                ('description', models.TextField()),
            ],
        ),
    ]

[MOD: added ```python formatting -cf]

1 Answer

Daniel Phillips
Daniel Phillips
12,632 Points

Try changing auto_add_now to auto_now_add