From c4f908d4ee2975b8c27aaf986a473a464998c0db Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Tom Christie <tom@tomchristie.com>
Date: Thu, 2 Jul 2015 11:23:52 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] Introduce datetime_parser as class level attribute on all
 date/time fields. Refs #3093.

---
 rest_framework/fields.py | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index 2eebf7b78..3ca7d682e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -954,6 +954,7 @@ class DateField(Field):
     }
     format = api_settings.DATE_FORMAT
     input_formats = api_settings.DATE_INPUT_FORMATS
+    datetime_parser = datetime.datetime.strptime
 
     def __init__(self, format=empty, input_formats=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.format = format if format is not empty else self.format
@@ -978,7 +979,7 @@ class DateField(Field):
                         return parsed
             else:
                 try:
-                    parsed = datetime.datetime.strptime(value, format)
+                    parsed = self.datetime_parser(value, format)
                 except (ValueError, TypeError):
                     pass
                 else:
@@ -1017,6 +1018,7 @@ class TimeField(Field):
     }
     format = api_settings.TIME_FORMAT
     input_formats = api_settings.TIME_INPUT_FORMATS
+    datetime_parser = datetime.datetime.strptime
 
     def __init__(self, format=empty, input_formats=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.format = format if format is not empty else self.format
@@ -1038,7 +1040,7 @@ class TimeField(Field):
                         return parsed
             else:
                 try:
-                    parsed = datetime.datetime.strptime(value, format)
+                    parsed = self.datetime_parser(value, format)
                 except (ValueError, TypeError):
                     pass
                 else: