Tutorial 1.0 Docs

[mike@…]

I'm somewhat new to Django and Python in general but have some experience with ORMs.. I'm wondering about the line in ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/intro/tutorial01/ marked with '*' below:

from django.db import models

class Poll(models.Model):
    question = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    ***pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published')

class Choice(models.Model):
    poll = models.ForeignKey(Poll)
    choice = models.CharField(max_length=200)
    votes = models.IntegerField()

Why is the argument passed to DateTimeField() 'date published', is that an easy name of the field? When I looked at DateTimeField() documentation at ​https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.3/ref/models/fields/#django.db.models.DateTimeField I see:

class DateTimeField([auto_now=False, auto_now_add=False, **options])

also the generated SQL made no mention of the string "date published" in a comment or otherwise:

BEGIN;
CREATE TABLE "polls_poll" (
    "id" serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    "question" varchar(200) NOT NULL,
    "pub_date" timestamp with time zone NOT NULL
);
CREATE TABLE "polls_choice" (
    "id" serial NOT NULL PRIMARY KEY,
    "poll_id" integer NOT NULL REFERENCES "polls_poll" ("id"),
    "choice" varchar(200) NOT NULL,
    "votes" integer NOT NULL
);
COMMIT;

I'm not sure what **options is so that might be the magic I'm looking for. I'm just saying that as someone looking at these docs for the first time, having pub_date = models.DateTimeField('date published') in there is confusing for someone who is trying to get an idea of what the framework is doing.

[mike@…]

I think i see it now that i've drilled down a bit that this is the field's label.. maybe make mention of it as such in the docs where it is being entered in? I see it as part of rendered html on the second page. Sorry for bothering you with this, love what i've seen so far <3.

[Russell Keith-Magee]

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