diff --git a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt index 06eec90a8b..020fc918b8 100644 --- a/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt +++ b/docs/ref/class-based-views/mixins-date-based.txt @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@ Date-based mixins .. currentmodule:: django.views.generic.dates .. note:: + All the date formatting attributes in these mixins use :func:`~time.strftime` format characters. Do not try to use the format characters from the :ttag:`now` template tag as they are not compatible.