DateTimeField should return a datetime instance

DateTimeField should return a datetime instance when accessed instead of a str instance. I imagine one of the main reasons to use a DateTimeField instead of CharField is to work with the field as a datetime instance without worrying about converting to/from str.

Model:

class Entry(Model):
    created_at = DateTimeField(default=datetime.now(timezone.utc))

Expected behavior:

entry = Entry.get()
print(type(t.created_at))
<class 'datetime.datetime'>

Actual behavior:

entry = Entry.get()
print(type(t.created_at))
<class 'str'>

[coleifer]

Don’t store tz info. Just use naive datetimes in utc.

[yuriescl]

That worked, thanks. There should be an error thrown when trying to save with tzinfo saying it’s not supported.