Using date picker from django admin

Question

I'm new to Django and I'm trying to find the Django Admin date picker widget. I have search but got no results. Could anyone help me to use it on the project I'm working on?

I have a datetimefield in my model, like this:

fin = models.DateTimeField()

When creating a model from the admin is shows the widget but when I do it from the project it doesn't.

Answer 1

Specify the widget in your form as follows:

from django.contrib.admin.widgets import AdminDateWidget

class YourForm(forms.ModelForm):
        from_date = forms.DateField(widget=AdminDateWidget())

Don't forget to include the scripts and css in your template:

{{ form.media }}

Answer 2

If for some reason you are looking to use the date picker with a PostgreSQL DateRangeField, you can do so like so:

from django.contrib.admin.widgets import AdminDateWidget
from django.contrib.postgres.forms.ranges import DateRangeField, 
RangeWidget

class YourForm(forms.ModelForm):
    date_range = DateRangeField(widget=RangeWidget(AdminDateWidget()))