Django DateTimeField ValidationError: value has an invalid format

Question

I'm getting a validation error when trying to store a date time in a django DateTimeField.

The format I'm trying to save is below, together with the error. :

django.core.exceptions.ValidationError: ["'Mon, 23 May 2016 08:30:15 GMT' value has an invalid format. It must be in YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM[:ss[.uuuuuu]][T

In my django settings I have:

DATE_INPUT_FORMATS = ("%d %b %Y", )

Should I be converting the format before saving or can I add to DATE_INPUT_FORMATS

Answer 1

Django references: DateTimeField

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