Commit 421ad283 authored by Duane Hilton's avatar Duane Hilton Committed by Tim Graham
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[1.9.x] Fixed #26239 -- Added a note about how auto_now works with QuerySet.update().

Backport of ca5c05dd from master
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@@ -490,6 +490,12 @@ optional arguments:
    for "last-modified" timestamps. Note that the current date is *always*
    used; it's not just a default value that you can override.

    The field is only automatically updated when calling :meth:`Model.save()
    <django.db.models.Model.save>`. The field isn't updated when making updates
    to other fields in other ways such as :meth:`QuerySet.update()
    <django.db.models.query.QuerySet.update>`, though you can specify a custom
    value for the field in an update like that.

.. attribute:: DateField.auto_now_add

    Automatically set the field to now when the object is first created. Useful