From 34c64029cb5df822194538f1a775bf73532f47d6 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Griffin Hosseinzadeh <1976665+griffin-h@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Mon, 17 Aug 2026 17:36:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH] fix datetime format for Django 5

---
 tom_base/formats/__init__.py    | 0
 tom_base/formats/en/__init__.py | 0
 tom_base/formats/en/formats.py  | 2 ++
 tom_base/settings.py            | 6 +-----
 4 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 tom_base/formats/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 tom_base/formats/en/__init__.py
 create mode 100644 tom_base/formats/en/formats.py

diff --git a/tom_base/formats/__init__.py b/tom_base/formats/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tom_base/formats/en/__init__.py b/tom_base/formats/en/__init__.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..e69de29bb
diff --git a/tom_base/formats/en/formats.py b/tom_base/formats/en/formats.py
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..9f0966c96
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tom_base/formats/en/formats.py
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+DATETIME_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'
+DATE_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d'
diff --git a/tom_base/settings.py b/tom_base/settings.py
index f37fe83a7..93c05025f 100644
--- a/tom_base/settings.py
+++ b/tom_base/settings.py
@@ -121,13 +121,9 @@
 
 USE_I18N = True
 
-USE_L10N = False
-
 USE_TZ = True
 
-DATETIME_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d H:i:s'
-DATE_FORMAT = 'Y-m-d'
-
+FORMAT_MODULE_PATH = 'tom_base.formats'
 
 # Caching
 # https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/dev/topics/cache/#filesystem-caching