Provides a UnixDateTimeField for your Django models.
I have found this especially useful when integrating Django into legacy databases, where the typical DateTime column type is rather stored as a Unix timestamp (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time).
UnixDateTimeField is based on the implementation of the standard Django DateTimeField, making it 100% compatible with all features and options it supports.
First you'll need to attach a UnixDateTimeField to your model. This acts as a the equivalence of a Django PositiveIntegerField at the database level but provides a Django DateTimeField at the ORM abstraction layer.
Example model:
from django_unixdatetimefield import UnixDateTimeField
class MyModel(models.Model):
created_at = UnixDateTimeField()
Python ORM query:
>>> m = MyModel() >>> m.created_at = datetime.datetime(2015, 2, 21, 19, 38, 32, 209148) >>> m.save()
Database:
sqlite> select created_at from mymodel; 1426967129
Enjoy!
Install with pip (or easy_install):
pip install django-unixdatetimefield
BSD, just as the main Django project. See LICENSE file in root of this repo.
This project accepts contributions via GitHub pull requests.
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