POST date values in django testCase

django, python, testing

Solution

You need to pass a string representation of the date which matches one of the default `input_formats`:

['%Y-%m-%d',      # '2006-10-25'
'%m/%d/%Y',       # '10/25/2006'
'%m/%d/%y']       # '10/25/06'

In your case it could be, for example:

'birthdate': '1956-01-01'

Problem

I am trying to write a test to sign up a user. I can't get the form to validate because I can't figure out how to submit a valid date to the form. Here is the offending code: ``` class AccountManagementTest(TestCase): def test_signup(self): response = self.client.post(reverse('register'), { 'first_name': 'Gandalf', 'last_name': 'TheGrey', 'email': 'gandalf@me.com', 'password1': 'SauronSucks', 'password2': 'SauronSucks', 'birthdate': datetime(1956, 1, 1), 'tos': True}) ``` I can output the `response.content` afterwards and the error in the form is 'Please enter a valid date.' I have not overridden the `clean` method for `birthdate` in the form. Here's the declaration of the date field from the form: ``` birthdate = forms.DateField( widget=SelectDateWidget( years=range(this_year-90, this_year-12)[::-1]), required=True,) ``` How the heck do I send it a valid date?

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