From 6b08e97b6af8114d1ad82fc53a9cdf58168a278e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie <tom@tomchristie.com>
Date: Tue, 14 Jul 2015 15:47:13 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Form fields should use textual only value representations.
 Closes #3139. Closes #2416. Closes #2558.

---
 rest_framework/renderers.py                | 3 +++
 rest_framework/utils/serializer_helpers.py | 6 +++++-
 2 files changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/renderers.py b/rest_framework/renderers.py
index 64646d58c..4263adcef 100644
--- a/rest_framework/renderers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/renderers.py
@@ -318,6 +318,9 @@ class HTMLFormRenderer(BaseRenderer):
             style['template_pack'] = parent_style.get('template_pack', self.template_pack)
         style['renderer'] = self
 
+        # Get a clone of the field with text-only value representation.
+        field = field.as_form_field()
+
         if style.get('input_type') == 'datetime-local' and isinstance(field.value, six.text_type):
             field.value = field.value.rstrip('Z')
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/utils/serializer_helpers.py b/rest_framework/utils/serializer_helpers.py
index b751a3588..9d2f70c88 100644
--- a/rest_framework/utils/serializer_helpers.py
+++ b/rest_framework/utils/serializer_helpers.py
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@ from __future__ import unicode_literals
 
 import collections
 
-from rest_framework.compat import OrderedDict, unicode_to_repr
+from rest_framework.compat import OrderedDict, force_text, unicode_to_repr
 
 
 class ReturnDict(OrderedDict):
@@ -54,6 +54,7 @@ class BoundField(object):
     """
     def __init__(self, field, value, errors, prefix=''):
         self._field = field
+        self._prefix = prefix
         self.value = value
         self.errors = errors
         self.name = prefix + self.field_name
@@ -70,6 +71,9 @@ class BoundField(object):
             self.__class__.__name__, self.value, self.errors
         ))
 
+    def as_form_field(self):
+        return BoundField(self._field, force_text(self.value), self.errors, self._prefix)
+
 
 class NestedBoundField(BoundField):
     """