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Closes #3937. Support callable as the value of `initial` for any `ser…
erickwilder Feb 17, 2016
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#3937 Update docs for the Field.initial attribute.
erickwilder Feb 17, 2016
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Use datetime example for the `Field.initial` attribute
erickwilder Feb 19, 2016
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Use datetime example for the Field.initial attribute 
Just like regular Django fields, the example adopted uses a `datetiume.date.today` to
illustrate the functionality.
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8 changes: 4 additions & 4 deletions docs/api-guide/fields.md
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Expand Up @@ -84,10 +84,10 @@ A text string that may be used as a description of the field in HTML form fields
A value that should be used for pre-populating the value of HTML form fields. You may pass a callable to it, just as
you may do with any regular Django `Field`:

def user_default_color():
return 'blue'

color = serializers.CharField(initial=user_default_color)
import datetime
from rest_framework import serializers
class ExampleSerializer(serializers.Serializer):
day = serializers.DateField(initial=datetime.date.today)

### `style`

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