django datetimefield default

Certainly! Here are the steps to add a default value to a DateTimeField in Django:

Step 1: Import necessary modules in your Django model file:

from django.db import models
from django.utils import timezone

Step 2: Define your model class and include the DateTimeField with a default value:

class YourModel(models.Model):
    your_datetime_field = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now)

Explanation:

  1. from django.db import models and from django.utils import timezone: These lines import the necessary modules to work with Django models and manage time zones.

  2. class YourModel(models.Model):: This creates a Django model named YourModel.

  3. your_datetime_field = models.DateTimeField(default=timezone.now): Here, your_datetime_field is a field in the model of type DateTimeField. The default parameter is set to timezone.now, which means that whenever a new instance of YourModel is created, the current time (using the timezone.now() function) will be set as the default value for your_datetime_field.