How can I filter out date created task in my task list

Question

I'm trying to show the date-created tasks in my list in HTML.

Models.py:

class Task(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    description = models.TextField(max_length=1000, blank=True, null=True)
    complete = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

And this is my HTML in Django:



    {% for task in tasks %}
    
        {% if task.complete %}
            
                
                {{task}}
                



            
            
        {% else %}
            
                
               {{task}}

            
            
        {% endif %}
    
           
        {% empty %}
        No task in list! Let's create your task
    
    {% endfor %}

For example, for each task I create, it must show the title with the date created, and doesn't matter if it is complete or incomplete. I just can show the title and how do I do that show the date?

user_17562044 · Answer

You could use DateField()^django-doc directly. But if you have defined DateTimeField so you can use @property decorator and show date in the format like 1-7-2022 as you shown in the picture.

Create @property in your Task model like this:

class Task(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    description = models.TextField(max_length=1000, blank=True, null=True)
    complete = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)
    
    @property
    def get_only_date(self):
        date_object = self.created
        year = date_object.year
        month = date_object.month
        day = date_object.day
        return f"{day}-{month}-{year}"

Then, use anywhere in your template file as property in loop:

{% for task in tasks %}
{{task.get_only_date}}
{% endfor %}

user_5712713 · Answer

created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

please remove auto_now_add=True, then you will get DateTime picker in your template.

user_5950394 · Answer

 
    {% for task in tasks %}
    
        {% if task.complete %}
            
                
                {{task.title}}-{{task.created}}
                


                    
            
            
        {% else %}
            
                
               {{task.title}}-{{task.created}}
               
            
            
        {% endif %}
    
           
        {% empty %}
        No task in list! Let's create your task
    
    {% endfor %}

Currently, you are displaying a string representation of you Task model, which, I'm assuming is set to showing the title of your task. You need to

display the title and date separately
change your Task representation to return a string formatted with title and time

I would prefer (1), because it gives you much more control. If you want to go with (2), you'll need to add a __str__ or __repr__ method.

user_17775274 · Answer

My recommended method is to use your «created» variable on your template to show the date.

Like for example, I have a model called «post_created_on»,

class Profile(models.Model):
  post_created_on = models.DateTimeField()

and I want to show it on my template.

This is a post.

So then I'm just use use my «post_created_on» variable on your template to show the date.

This is a post. Created on: {{ task.post_created_on }}

user_12389994 · Answer

class Task(models.Model):
    user = models.ForeignKey(User, on_delete=models.CASCADE, null=True, blank=True)
    title = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    description = models.TextField(max_length=1000, blank=True, null=True)
    complete = models.BooleanField(default=False)
    created = models.DateTimeField(auto_now_add=True)

{% for task in tasks %}
    {{task.created.date}}
{% endfor %}

You can use this way without coding any other properties.

How can I filter out date created task in my task list

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