from django.db import models from django.utils.translation import gettext_lazy as _ class MetaDataModel(models.Model): """ This is an abstract model with some general meta fields. Attributes ---------- created_at : datetime The date and time when the model has been created. This will be automatically set once during creating. updated_at : datetime The date and time when the model has been updated. This will be automatically updated when the model is updated. """ created_at = models.DateTimeField(_('Date created'),auto_now_add=True, help_text=_('The date and time this model has been created')) updated_at = models.DateTimeField(_('Date updated'),auto_now=True, help_text=_('The date and time this model has been updated')) class Meta: abstract = True