Django disable auto_now auto_now_add # https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7499767/temporarily-disable-auto-now-auto-now-add

disable_auto_now_auto_now_add.py

# https://stackoverflow.com/questions/7499767/temporarily-disable-auto-now-auto-now-add
"""
Con modifcacion de Georgina S
n.b. (1.10) ModelClass._meta.get_field_by_name(field_name)[0] in do_to_model didn't seem to be working for me - changed to: ModelClass._meta.get_field(field_name) – 
Georgina S
Commented Mar 8, 2017 at 1:15

"""
def turn_off_auto_now(ModelClass, field_name):
    def auto_now_off(field):
        field.auto_now = False
    do_to_model(ModelClass, field_name, auto_now_off)

def turn_off_auto_now_add(ModelClass, field_name):
    def auto_now_add_off(field):
        field.auto_now_add = False
    do_to_model(ModelClass, field_name, auto_now_add_off)

def do_to_model(ModelClass, field_name, func):
    field = ModelClass._meta.get_field(field_name)
    func(field)

turn_off_auto_now(Foo, 'fkng_field')