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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter
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Python GUI Programming with Tkinter

by Alan D. Moore
May 2018
Beginner to intermediate content levelBeginner to intermediate
452 pages
11h 26m
English
Packt Publishing
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Inserting a date

Inserting the current date is an easy place to start. The place to do this is in the DataRecordForm.reset() method, which sets up the form for entering a new record.

Update that method as follows:

    def reset(self):
        """Resets the form entries"""

        # clear all values
        for widget in self.inputs.values():
            widget.set('')

        current_date = datetime.today().strftime('%Y-%m-%d')
        self.inputs['Date'].set(current_date)

Just as we do in the Application.save() method, we get the current date from datetime.today() and format it as an ISO date. Then, we set the Date widget's input to that value.

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