model_to_dict is not returning DateTimeField with auto_now_add = True

Question

I have created a model as:

class Job(models.Model):
    jobId = models.AutoField(primary_key = True)
    startTime = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add = True)

When I'm doing

print(model_to_dict(job)) 

I'm getting only

{'jobId': 1}

as output. Why 'startTime' filed is not coming in the output? Please help me with this issue.

Answer 1

A: model_to_dict is only outputting editable fields.

B: startTime is not set editable because of the auto_now_add.

So I guess you end up with one of the methods from this question.