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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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