ttkbootstrap DateEntry set_date()?

[windir19]

Hey there.

I am trying to do something where I set the date in the entry field for the ttkbootstrap DateEntry. I tried using set_date() but I get this: "AttributeError: 'DateEntry' object has no attribute 'set_date'"

Looking on Stack Overflow, there was a post that hints at the issue. It seems that that ttkbootstrap DateEntry is not the same as the DateEntry for tkcalendar.DateEntry, so set_date() isn't going to work. I tried looking in the documentation and there is nothing that seems to explain or help with what I need to do.

How do I get it so I can set the date for my ttkbootstrap.DateEntry?

Any assistance is helpful. Thank you!

[rdbende]

Hi!

You should use the startdate keyword argument to set the date.

import ttkbootstrap as ttk
import datetime

root = ttk.Window()

some_date = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat("2023-11-11")
date_chooser = ttk.DateEntry(root, startdate=some_date)
date_chooser.pack()

root.mainloop()

The above code should result in this window:

[rdbende]

Indeed. If you want to set the date afterwards, you can use the configure method with the same keyword argument.

some_other_date = datetime.datetime.fromisoformat("2023-11-12")
date_chooser.configure(startdate=some_other_date)

However, there seems to be a bug, because this doesn't work for me :((

[windir19]

Yeah I tried it too and while I do not get the error I had before, it doesn't change the DateEntry field for me. :(
Thank you for the input though. Hopefully one of the other developers have some input.

[Megsman]

to change the date on an existing DateEntry for example exp_date:
exp_date.entry.insert(0, 'new_date')

the new_date variable should be a date object.

[Ddady1]

when i try the workaround @Megsman suggested, it adds the new date to the one in the widget. So if i picked up a date let say '1/1/24' and the changed date is 1/1/25
after the insert command it shows '1/1/25/1/1/24'

[Ddady1]

Ok, i managed to workaround the issue by doing exp_date.entry.delete(0, 'end') before the insert.

[Megsman]

My workaround is to create a new instance of DateEntry with a startdate as option.