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Auto_Now And Auto_Now_Add In Django






Purpose








AttributeValueImpact
auto_nowTrueAutomatically updates the field with current date and time when data is saved.
auto_nowFalseDate and time control is displayed on the page.
auto_now_addTrueAutomatically updates the field with current date and time when data is created.
auto_now_addFalseDate and time control is displayed on the page.





Example




from django.db import models

# Create your models here.
class MyNewScreen(models.Model):
    name = models.CharField(max_length = 120)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True, null = True)    




Picture showing the new screen for adding a new record
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Picture showing the record added in the database
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Picture showing the new screen with the date time field
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Posted By  -  Karan Gupta
 
Posted On  -  Wednesday, January 8, 2020

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