Default date/time fields now return python date/time objects again by default

7 files changed, 79 insertions, 28 deletions

diff --git a/docs/api-guide/fields.md b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
index 9a745cf1..63bd5b1a 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/fields.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/fields.md
@@ -199,7 +199,7 @@ If you want to override this behavior, you'll need to declare the `DateTimeField
 
 **Signature:** `DateTimeField(format=None, input_formats=None)`
 
-* `format` - A string representing the output format.  If not specified, the `DATETIME_FORMAT` setting will be used, which defaults to `'iso-8601'`.
+* `format` - A string representing the output format.  If not specified, this defaults to `None`, which indicates that python `datetime` objects should be returned by `to_native`.  In this case the datetime encoding will be determined by the renderer. 
 * `input_formats` - A list of strings representing the input formats which may be used to parse the date. If not specified, the `DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS` setting will be used, which defaults to `['iso-8601']`.
 
 DateTime format strings may either be [python strftime formats][strftime] which explicitly specifiy the format, or the special string `'iso-8601'`, which indicates that [ISO 8601][iso8601] style datetimes should be used. (eg `'2013-01-29T12:34:56.000000'`)
@@ -212,7 +212,7 @@ Corresponds to `django.db.models.fields.DateField`
 
 **Signature:** `DateField(format=None, input_formats=None)`
 
-* `format` - A string representing the output format.  If not specified, the `DATE_FORMAT` setting will be used, which defaults to `'iso-8601'`.
+* `format` - A string representing the output format.  If not specified, this defaults to `None`, which indicates that python `date` objects should be returned by `to_native`.  In this case the date encoding will be determined by the renderer.
 * `input_formats` - A list of strings representing the input formats which may be used to parse the date. If not specified, the `DATE_INPUT_FORMATS` setting will be used, which defaults to `['iso-8601']`. 
 
 Date format strings may either be [python strftime formats][strftime] which explicitly specifiy the format, or the special string `'iso-8601'`, which indicates that [ISO 8601][iso8601] style dates should be used. (eg `'2013-01-29'`)
@@ -227,7 +227,7 @@ Corresponds to `django.db.models.fields.TimeField`
 
 **Signature:** `TimeField(format=None, input_formats=None)`
 
-* `format` - A string representing the output format.  If not specified, the `TIME_FORMAT` setting will be used, which defaults to `'iso-8601'`.
+* `format` - A string representing the output format.  If not specified, this defaults to `None`, which indicates that python `time` objects should be returned by `to_native`.  In this case the time encoding will be determined by the renderer.
 * `input_formats` - A list of strings representing the input formats which may be used to parse the date. If not specified, the `TIME_INPUT_FORMATS` setting will be used, which defaults to `['iso-8601']`.
 
 Time format strings may either be [python strftime formats][strftime] which explicitly specifiy the format, or the special string `'iso-8601'`, which indicates that [ISO 8601][iso8601] style times should be used. (eg `'12:34:56.000000'`)
diff --git a/docs/api-guide/settings.md b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
index 11638696..c0d8d9ee 100644
--- a/docs/api-guide/settings.md
+++ b/docs/api-guide/settings.md
@@ -192,44 +192,56 @@ Default: `'format'`
 
 ---
 
-## Date/Time formatting
+## Date and time formatting
 
 *The following settings are used to control how date and time representations may be parsed and rendered.*
 
 #### DATETIME_FORMAT
 
-A format string that should be used by default for rendering the output of `DateTimeField` serializer fields.
+A format string that should be used by default for rendering the output of `DateTimeField` serializer fields.  If `None`, then `DateTimeField` serializer fields will return python `datetime` objects, and the datetime encoding will be determined by the renderer.
 
-Default: `'iso-8601'`
+May be any of `None`, `'iso-8601'` or a python [strftime format][strftime] string.
+
+Default: `None'`
 
 #### DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS
 
 A list of format strings that should be used by default for parsing inputs to `DateTimeField` serializer fields.
 
+May be a list including the string `'iso-8601'` or python [strftime format][strftime] strings.
+
 Default: `['iso-8601']`
 
 #### DATE_FORMAT
 
-A format string that should be used by default for rendering the output of `DateField` serializer fields.
+A format string that should be used by default for rendering the output of `DateField` serializer fields.  If `None`, then `DateField` serializer fields will return python `date` objects, and the date encoding will be determined by the renderer.
 
-Default: `'iso-8601'`
+May be any of `None`, `'iso-8601'` or a python [strftime format][strftime] string.
+
+Default: `None`
 
 #### DATE_INPUT_FORMATS
 
 A list of format strings that should be used by default for parsing inputs to `DateField` serializer fields.
 
+May be a list including the string `'iso-8601'` or python [strftime format][strftime] strings.
+
 Default: `['iso-8601']`
 
 #### TIME_FORMAT
 
-A format string that should be used by default for rendering the output of `TimeField` serializer fields.
+A format string that should be used by default for rendering the output of `TimeField` serializer fields.  If `None`, then `TimeField` serializer fields will return python `time` objects, and the time encoding will be determined by the renderer.
+
+May be any of `None`, `'iso-8601'` or a python [strftime format][strftime] string.
 
-Default: `'iso-8601'`
+Default: `None`
 
 #### TIME_INPUT_FORMATS
 
 A list of format strings that should be used by default for parsing inputs to `TimeField` serializer fields.
 
+May be a list including the string `'iso-8601'` or python [strftime format][strftime] strings.
+
 Default: `['iso-8601']`
 
 ---
@@ -243,3 +255,4 @@ The name of a parameter in the URL conf that may be used to provide a format suf
 Default: `'format'`
 
 [cite]: http://www.python.org/dev/peps/pep-0020/
+[strftime]: http://docs.python.org/2/library/time.html#time.strftime
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diff --git a/rest_framework/fields.py b/rest_framework/fields.py
index a0f52f50..f3496b53 100644
--- a/rest_framework/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/fields.py
@@ -494,7 +494,7 @@ class DateField(WritableField):
     }
     empty = None
     input_formats = api_settings.DATE_INPUT_FORMATS
-    format = api_settings.DATE_FORMAT
+    format = None
 
     def __init__(self, input_formats=None, format=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.input_formats = input_formats if input_formats is not None else self.input_formats
@@ -536,8 +536,8 @@ class DateField(WritableField):
         raise ValidationError(msg)
 
     def to_native(self, value):
-        if value is None:
-            return None
+        if value is None or self.format is None:
+            return value
 
         if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
             value = value.date()
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@ class DateTimeField(WritableField):
     }
     empty = None
     input_formats = api_settings.DATETIME_INPUT_FORMATS
-    format = api_settings.DATETIME_FORMAT
+    format = None
 
     def __init__(self, input_formats=None, format=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.input_formats = input_formats if input_formats is not None else self.input_formats
@@ -605,8 +605,8 @@ class DateTimeField(WritableField):
         raise ValidationError(msg)
 
     def to_native(self, value):
-        if value is None:
-            return None
+        if value is None or self.format is None:
+            return value
 
         if self.format.lower() == ISO_8601:
             ret = value.isoformat()
@@ -626,7 +626,7 @@ class TimeField(WritableField):
     }
     empty = None
     input_formats = api_settings.TIME_INPUT_FORMATS
-    format = api_settings.TIME_FORMAT
+    format = None
 
     def __init__(self, input_formats=None, format=None, *args, **kwargs):
         self.input_formats = input_formats if input_formats is not None else self.input_formats
@@ -661,8 +661,8 @@ class TimeField(WritableField):
         raise ValidationError(msg)
 
     def to_native(self, value):
-        if value is None:
-            return None
+        if value is None or self.format is None:
+            return value
 
         if isinstance(value, datetime.datetime):
             value = value.time()
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/fields.py b/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
index fd6de779..19c663d8 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/fields.py
@@ -153,12 +153,22 @@ class DateFieldTest(TestCase):
 
     def test_to_native(self):
         """
-        Make sure to_native() returns isoformat as default.
+        Make sure to_native() returns datetime as default.
         """
         f = serializers.DateField()
 
         result_1 = f.to_native(datetime.date(1984, 7, 31))
 
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.date(1984, 7, 31), result_1)
+
+    def test_to_native_iso(self):
+        """
+        Make sure to_native() with 'iso-8601' returns iso formated date.
+        """
+        f = serializers.DateField(format='iso-8601')
+
+        result_1 = f.to_native(datetime.date(1984, 7, 31))
+
         self.assertEqual('1984-07-31', result_1)
 
     def test_to_native_custom_format(self):
@@ -289,6 +299,22 @@ class DateTimeFieldTest(TestCase):
         result_3 = f.to_native(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31, 59))
         result_4 = f.to_native(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31, 59, 200))
 
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31), result_1)
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31), result_2)
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31, 59), result_3)
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31, 59, 200), result_4)
+
+    def test_to_native_iso(self):
+        """
+        Make sure to_native() with format=iso-8601 returns iso formatted datetime.
+        """
+        f = serializers.DateTimeField(format='iso-8601')
+
+        result_1 = f.to_native(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31))
+        result_2 = f.to_native(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31))
+        result_3 = f.to_native(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31, 59))
+        result_4 = f.to_native(datetime.datetime(1984, 7, 31, 4, 31, 59, 200))
+
         self.assertEqual('1984-07-31T00:00:00', result_1)
         self.assertEqual('1984-07-31T04:31:00', result_2)
         self.assertEqual('1984-07-31T04:31:59', result_3)
@@ -419,13 +445,26 @@ class TimeFieldTest(TestCase):
 
     def test_to_native(self):
         """
-        Make sure to_native() returns isoformat as default.
+        Make sure to_native() returns time object as default.
         """
         f = serializers.TimeField()
         result_1 = f.to_native(datetime.time(4, 31))
         result_2 = f.to_native(datetime.time(4, 31, 59))
         result_3 = f.to_native(datetime.time(4, 31, 59, 200))
 
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.time(4, 31), result_1)
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.time(4, 31, 59), result_2)
+        self.assertEqual(datetime.time(4, 31, 59, 200), result_3)
+
+    def test_to_native_iso(self):
+        """
+        Make sure to_native() with format='iso-8601' returns iso formatted time.
+        """
+        f = serializers.TimeField(format='iso-8601')
+        result_1 = f.to_native(datetime.time(4, 31))
+        result_2 = f.to_native(datetime.time(4, 31, 59))
+        result_3 = f.to_native(datetime.time(4, 31, 59, 200))
+
         self.assertEqual('04:31:00', result_1)
         self.assertEqual('04:31:59', result_2)
         self.assertEqual('04:31:59.000200', result_3)
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/filterset.py b/rest_framework/tests/filterset.py
index fe92e0bc..238da56e 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/filterset.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/filterset.py
@@ -65,7 +65,7 @@ class IntegrationTestFiltering(TestCase):
 
         self.objects = FilterableItem.objects
         self.data = [
-            {'id': obj.id, 'text': obj.text, 'decimal': obj.decimal, 'date': obj.date.isoformat()}
+            {'id': obj.id, 'text': obj.text, 'decimal': obj.decimal, 'date': obj.date}
             for obj in self.objects.all()
         ]
 
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ class IntegrationTestFiltering(TestCase):
         request = factory.get('/?date=%s' % search_date)  # search_date str: '2012-09-22'
         response = view(request).render()
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        expected_data = [f for f in self.data if datetime.datetime.strptime(f['date'], '%Y-%m-%d').date() == search_date]
+        expected_data = [f for f in self.data if f['date'] == search_date]
         self.assertEqual(response.data, expected_data)
 
     @unittest.skipUnless(django_filters, 'django-filters not installed')
@@ -125,7 +125,7 @@ class IntegrationTestFiltering(TestCase):
         request = factory.get('/?date=%s' % search_date)  # search_date str: '2012-10-02'
         response = view(request).render()
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        expected_data = [f for f in self.data if datetime.datetime.strptime(f['date'], '%Y-%m-%d').date() > search_date]
+        expected_data = [f for f in self.data if f['date'] > search_date]
         self.assertEqual(response.data, expected_data)
 
         # Tests that the text filter set with 'icontains' in the filter class works.
@@ -142,8 +142,7 @@ class IntegrationTestFiltering(TestCase):
         request = factory.get('/?decimal=%s&date=%s' % (search_decimal, search_date))
         response = view(request).render()
         self.assertEqual(response.status_code, status.HTTP_200_OK)
-        expected_data = [f for f in self.data if
-                         datetime.datetime.strptime(f['date'], '%Y-%m-%d').date() > search_date and
+        expected_data = [f for f in self.data if f['date'] > search_date and
                          f['decimal'] < search_decimal]
         self.assertEqual(response.data, expected_data)
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/pagination.py b/rest_framework/tests/pagination.py
index 1a2d68a6..d2c9b051 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/pagination.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/pagination.py
@@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class IntegrationTestPaginationAndFiltering(TestCase):
 
         self.objects = FilterableItem.objects
         self.data = [
-            {'id': obj.id, 'text': obj.text, 'decimal': obj.decimal, 'date': obj.date.isoformat()}
+            {'id': obj.id, 'text': obj.text, 'decimal': obj.decimal, 'date': obj.date}
             for obj in self.objects.all()
         ]
 
diff --git a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
index beb372c2..d0799b85 100644
--- a/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
+++ b/rest_framework/tests/serializer.py
@@ -112,7 +112,7 @@ class BasicTests(TestCase):
         self.expected = {
             'email': 'tom@example.com',
             'content': 'Happy new year!',
-            'created': '2012-01-01T00:00:00',
+            'created': datetime.datetime(2012, 1, 1),
             'sub_comment': 'And Merry Christmas!'
         }
         self.person_data = {'name': 'dwight', 'age': 35}