How to accept localized date format (e.g dd/mm/yy) in a DateField on an admin form?

Question

Is it possible to customize a django application to have accept localized date format (e.g dd/mm/yy) in a DateField on an admin form ?

I have a model class :

Answer 1

The admin system uses a default ModelForm for editing the objects. You'll need to provide a custom form so that you can begin overriding field behaviour.

Inside your modelform, override the field using a DateField, and use the input_formats option.

MY_DATE_FORMATS = ['%d/%m/%Y',]

class MyModelForm(forms.ModelForm):
    date = forms.DateField(input_formats=MY_DATE_FORMATS)
    class Meta:
        model = MyModel

class MyModelAdmin(admin.ModelAdmin):
    form = MyModelForm