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11672	using forms.DateField or forms.DateTimeField causes validation error on fields that should be optional	Skylar Saveland <skylar.saveland@…>	nobody	"If you have a model like:

class Event(models.Model):
    ...
    end = models.DateTimeField(blank=True, null=True)
    ...

and a modelform like:

from django import forms
from events.models import Event

class EventForm(forms.ModelForm):
    
    end = forms.DateTimeField(('%m/%d/%Y %H:%M',),
            widget=forms.SplitDateTimeWidget(
                date_format='%m/%d/%Y',
                time_format='%H:%M',
            ),
            required=False
    )
    
    class Meta: 
        model = Event

submitting an empty field will cause a validation error."		new	Forms	1.1			modelform date		Unreviewed	0	0	0	0	0	0