Example of getting Date and Time from HTML5 form

date_example.html

{% extends "layout/main.html" %}

{% block body %}
<div class="row">

	<div class="span6">
	    <form method="POST">
	        
	        <label for="date">Pick a date</label>
	        <input type="date" name="date" id="date">
	        <br>
	        
	        <label for="time">Hour</label>
	        <input type="time" id="time" name="time">
	        <br>
	        
	        <input type="submit" value="Add Date">
	    </form>
	</div>
</div>
{% endblock %}

sample_route.py

@app.route("/date", methods=['GET','POST'])
def date_example():
    
    if request.method=="POST":
        
        # get date
        form_date = request.form.get('date') # in format 2012-10-25 or in Python String formatting %Y-%m-%d

        # get time
        form_time = request.form.get('time') # in format 24 hour, eg 1:30PM = 13:30
        
        # create Python date from form_date and form_time. We use the python datetime string formmatting to describe how the date is built YYYY-MM-DD HH:MM

        date = datetime.datetime.strptime(form_date + " " + form_time,"%Y-%m-%d %H:%M")
        
        # create your database document
        # this is an example model
        # mydoc = models.Mydata()
        # mydoc.date = date  # save date to the 'date' field
        # mydoc.save()
        
        return "The submitted date / time is %s" % str(date)
        
    else:
        
        return render_template("date_example.html")