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@@ -303,8 +303,6 @@ Format strings may either be [Python strftime formats][strftime] which explicitl
 
 When a value of `None` is used for the format `datetime` objects will be returned by `to_representation` and the final output representation will determined by the renderer class.
 
-In the case of JSON this means the default datetime representation uses the [ECMA 262 date time string specification][ecma262].  This is a subset of ISO 8601 which uses millisecond precision, and includes the 'Z' suffix for the UTC timezone, for example: `2013-01-29T12:34:56.123Z`.
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 #### `auto_now` and `auto_now_add` model fields.
 
 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.