From a58145e20f796232ef0143f28ecb0c31dbfea92e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Tom Christie Date: Mon, 28 Jan 2013 07:46:30 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Note auto_now, auto_now_add behavior. Refs #622. --- docs/api-guide/fields.md | 10 ++++++++++ 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+) diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md index 5bc8f7f7c..e43282ce3 100644 --- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md +++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md @@ -193,6 +193,16 @@ A date and time representation. Corresponds to `django.db.models.fields.DateTimeField` +When using `ModelSerializer` or `HyperlinkedModelSerializer`, note that any model fields with `auto_now=True` or `auto_now_add=True` will use serializer fields that are `read_only=True` by default. + +If you want to override this behavior, you'll need to declare the `DateTimeField` explicitly on the serializer. For example: + + class CommentSerializer(serializers.ModelSerializer): + created = serializers.DateTimeField() + + class Meta: + model = Comment + ## IntegerField An integer representation.