Input_formats to DateTimeField

Question

I have a DateTimeField :

 start_time=forms.DateTimeField(input_formats='%y-%m-%d %H:%M')

and in html

   {{form.start_time}}

but no matter what i entre in th field, like: 2013-07-07 19:00 it will always give me an error : enter valid date/time, what is worng here? Thanks in Advance

Answer 1

Write the definition like this:

start_time=forms.DateTimeField(input_formats=['%Y-%m-%d %H:%M'])

Note that input_formats is a list and the Y is upper case. That should work.

Answer 2

Just did some trial and error. When specifying input_formats you have to consider that for a widget format='whatevers in here' is a string whereas input_formats=['whatevers in here', 'whatever else'] is a list.