Django rest framework datetime field format
You can specify a format parameter to the ordered_date field having value as a string representing the output format.
ordered_date = serializers.DateTimeField(format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S", required=False, read_only=True)For example:
In [1]: from rest_framework import serializersIn [2]: from datetime import datetimeIn [3]: class XYZSerializer(serializers.Serializer): # define a serializer with a datetime field ...: ordered_date = serializers.DateTimeField(format="%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S") ...: In [4]: x = XYZSerializer(data={'ordered_date':datetime.now()})In [5]: x.is_valid()Out[5]: TrueIn [6]: x.data # contains the datetime field in the desired formatOut[6]: OrderedDict([('ordered_date', '2015-10-22T18:17:51')])
Thanks to @Red-Tune-84's commentI customize the format of all my datetimefields.
REST_FRAMEWORK = { 'DATETIME_FORMAT': "%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S", ....}