XML serialization does not handle null datetime fields

[csdurfee@…]

If you try to serialize a Django object to XML (JSON serialization is fine) that has a null datetime field, you get the following error:

Traceback (most recent call last):

File "<stdin>", line 1, in ?
File "c:\python24\lib\site-packages\django\core\serializers\init.py", line

55, in serialize

s.serialize(queryset, options)

File "c:\python24\lib\site-packages\django\core\serializers\base.py", line 39,

in serialize

self.handle_field(obj, field)

File "c:\python24\lib\site-packages\django\core\serializers\xml_serializer.py"

, line 61, in handle_field

value = self.get_string_value(obj, field)

File "c:\python24\lib\site-packages\django\core\serializers\base.py", line 53,

in get_string_value

value = getattr(obj, field.name).strftime("%Y-%m-%d %H:%M:%S")