How to initialize widget DateInput value?

Question

Django

There is a model with a Date field. the database already has values.
there is a ModelForm where it is described

widgets = {
        
            'date_start': DateInput(attrs={'class': 'datepicker', 'type': 'date', 'placeholder': 'Select a date'}),
        }

When rendering the page, it shows an empty component!
How to read the current value from the database in the field?

Answer 1

https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.10/ref/forms/a...