Commit 7dcfbb2e authored by Yamila Moreno's avatar Yamila Moreno Committed by Tim Graham
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[1.8.x] Fixed #22571 -- Added clarification about auto_now_add=True

Backport of cbe4efcb from master
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@@ -495,7 +495,11 @@ optional arguments:

    Automatically set the field to now when the object is first created. Useful
    for creation of timestamps. Note that the current date is *always* used;
    it's not just a default value that you can override.
    it's not just a default value that you can override. So even if you
    set a value for this field when creating the object, it will be ignored.
    If you want to be able to modify this field, set ``default=timezone.now``
    (from :func:`django.utils.timezone.now`) instead of ``auto_now_add=True``.


The default form widget for this field is a
:class:`~django.forms.TextInput`. The admin adds a JavaScript calendar,