try datetime.now().__str__() or if you want to make it pretty try datetime.now().strftime(YourCustomFormatHere). Look at http://docs.python.org/lib/strftime-behavior.html#strftime-behavior
Your problem is a datetime object is a not a string. Both those above examples turn it into a string. On Oct 19, 11:22 pm, Greg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > I have a class called Orders that tries to add the current date to > it's comments field when it's saved. Here is my code: > > from datetime import datetime > > class Order(models.Model): > comments = models.TextField("Comments", maxlength=1000) > etc... > > def save(self): > self.comments += "This is a string - " + datetime.now() + " > This is a string " > > //////////// > > Whenever, I save my order class I get the following error: > > TypeError at /admin/plush/order/1/ > cannot concatenate 'str' and 'datetime.datetime' objects > > Any Suggestions? --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/django-users?hl=en -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---