How can I define the date format in models in django?

Question

I'm defining a date variable inside my model AccessRecord using DateField attribute and I've tried every possible thing to define it. But every time a new error arises. Sometimes it says "Date is not defined" sometimes "Date should be in YYYY-MM-DD format" during migration. Can someone give me a permanent solution for this? I'm using django 2.1.7.

I've tried default='' and default=blank and quite of few others

from django.db import models
from datetime import date

class AccessRecord(models.Model):
    name = models.ForeignKey(Webpage, on_delete=models.PROTECT)
    date = models.DateField(_("Date"), default=date.today)

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.date)

What do you want the default to be? None or "today"? – gdef_ Apr 18 '19 at 14:17 — gdef_, Apr 18 '19 at 14:17
Check this https://stackoverflow.com/q/20229198/4107823 – copser Apr 18 '19 at 15:55 — copser, Apr 18 '19 at 15:55

score 0 · Accepted Answer · answered Apr 20 '19 at 11:27

This should be sufficent

from django.db import models

class AccessRecord(models.Model):
    name = models.ForeignKey(Webpage, on_delete=models.PROTECT)
    date = models.DateField(auto_now_add=True))

    def __str__(self):
        return str(self.date)

And for the formatting stuff use the @property mentioned in stackoverflow.com/q/20229198/4107823 as commented by PetarP

How can I define the date format in models in django?

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