id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	component	version	severity	resolution	keywords	cc	stage	has_patch	needs_docs	needs_tests	needs_better_patch	easy	ui_ux
23049	Admin DateField doesn't support all DATE_INPUT_FORMATS	Patrick Dwyer <pat@…>	Sarah Boyce	"According to the documentation formats listed at [http://docs.python.org/library/datetime.html#strftime-strptime-behavior] are supported as DATE_INPUT_FORMATS. I have started using the date format ""Thu 17 Jul 2014"" represented by '%a %d %b %Y' as my DATE_FORMAT and the first listed DATE_INPUT_FORMAT but I am having issues on admin pages. The date picker calendar popups don't work correctly.

On initial page load the date is formatted correctly. When selecting the 17th of July 2014 from the calendar instead of getting ""Thu 17 Jul 2014"" the field is populated with ""undefined 17 undefined 2014"".

Looking at the code in admin/static/js/core.js these are the supported format characters...

{{{
        c: this.toString(),
        d: this.getTwoDigitDate(),
        H: this.getTwoDigitHour(),
        I: this.getTwoDigitTwelveHour(),
        m: this.getTwoDigitMonth(),
        M: this.getTwoDigitMinute(),
        p: (this.getHours() >= 12) ? 'PM' : 'AM',
        S: this.getTwoDigitSecond(),
        w: '0' + this.getDay(),
        x: this.toLocaleDateString(),
        X: this.toLocaleTimeString(),
        y: ('' + this.getFullYear()).substr(2, 4),
        Y: '' + this.getFullYear(),
        '%' : '%'
}}}

I think an ""almost core"" part of Django like admin should support what is documented or the documentation should be updated to reflect the actual behaviour.

I'm writing a simple fix for my own use. Although I'd be happy to start working on a real fix but don't want to waste time if this won't be considered."	Bug	closed	contrib.admin	1.6	Normal	fixed		Ed Henderson Sarah Boyce	Ready for checkin	1	0	0	0	0	0