django setting initial value on form for DateTimeField to '--------'

Question

I want the expire date to remain required, so I don't want to use Required=False. However, I want it to initially show as '-------' for each of the three dropdowns (month, day, year) instead of January 1 2017 for the dropdowns.

from django import forms 

class LicenseCreateForm(forms.ModelForm): 
     expire= forms.DateTimeField(widget=forms.SelectDateWidget(),)

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Answer 1

I ended up just doing doing it with jquery.

$("#id_expire_month").prepend("<option value='---' selected='selected'></option>");
$("#id_expire_day").prepend("<option value='---' selected='selected'></option>");
$("#id_expire_year").prepend("<option value='---' selected='selected'></option>");