Widgets to deal with time and dates, created putting together different solutions. Just storing them here if I ever need them.

widgets.py

import re
import django.forms
from django.forms.widgets import Widget, Select
from django.utils.safestring import mark_safe
from django.forms.widgets import MultiWidget
from django.forms.extras.widgets import SelectDateWidget

__all__ = ('SelectTimeWidget', 'SplitSelectDateTimeWidget')


#CHOICES = (("slot1", "10:00-10:30"), ("slot2", "10:30-11:30"))
#class SelectTimeSlotRadio(forms.RadioSelect, choices=CHOICES):
#    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
#        



# Attempt to match many time formats:
# Example: "12:34:56 P.M."  matches:
# ('12', '34', ':56', '56', 'P.M.', 'P', '.', 'M', '.')
# ('12', '34', ':56', '56', 'P.M.')
# Note that the colon ":" before seconds is optional, but only if seconds are omitted
time_pattern = r'(\d\d?):(\d\d)(:(\d\d))? *([aApP]\.?[mM]\.?)?$'

RE_TIME = re.compile(time_pattern)
# The following are just more readable ways to access re.matched groups:
HOURS = 0
MINUTES = 1
SECONDS = 3
MERIDIEM = 4

class SelectTimeWidget(Widget):
    """
    A Widget that splits time input into <select> elements.
    Allows form to show as 24hr: <hour>:<minute>:<second>, (default)
    or as 12hr: <hour>:<minute>:<second> <am|pm> 
    
    Also allows user-defined increments for minutes/seconds
    """
    hour_field = '%s_hour'
    minute_field = '%s_minute'
    second_field = '%s_second' 
    meridiem_field = '%s_meridiem'
    twelve_hr = False # Default to 24hr.
    use_seconds = True
    
    def __init__(self, attrs=None, 
                 hour_step=1, minute_step=1, second_step=1, 
                 min_hour=0, max_hour=23,
                 twelve_hr=False, use_seconds=True):
        """
        hour_step, minute_step, second_step are optional step values for
        for the range of values for the associated select element

        min_hour and max_hour are the minimum and maximum values that will be
        allowed in the hour field. Currently these should only be used with a 24-hr
        clock, and will be ignored if twelve_hr is True.

        twelve_hr: If True, forces the output to be in 12-hr format (rather than 24-hr)
        use_seconds: If False, doesn't show seconds select element and stores seconds = 0.
        """
        self.attrs = attrs or {}
        self.use_seconds = use_seconds
        self.twelve_hr = twelve_hr
        
        if twelve_hr:
            self.meridiem_val = 'a.m.' # Default to Morning (A.M.)
            self.hours = range(1, 13, hour_step) 
        else: # 24hr, with stepping.
            self.hours = range(min_hour, max_hour + 1, hour_step)

        self.minutes = range(0, 60, minute_step)

        if use_seconds:
            self.seconds = range(0, 60, second_step)

    def render(self, name, value, attrs=None):
        try: # try to get time values from a datetime.time object (value)
            hour_val, minute_val, second_val = value.hour, value.minute, value.second
            if self.twelve_hr:
                if hour_val >= 12:
                    self.meridiem_val = 'p.m.'
                else:
                    self.meridiem_val = 'a.m.'
        except AttributeError:
            hour_val = minute_val = second_val = 0
            if isinstance(value, basestring):
                match = RE_TIME.match(value)
                if match:
                    time_groups = match.groups();
                    hour_val = int(time_groups[HOURS]) % 24 # force to range(0-24)
                    minute_val = int(time_groups[MINUTES]) 
                    if time_groups[SECONDS] is None:
                        second_val = 0
                    else:
                        second_val = int(time_groups[SECONDS])
                    
                    # check to see if meridiem was passed in
                    if time_groups[MERIDIEM] is not None:
                        self.meridiem_val = time_groups[MERIDIEM]
                    else: # otherwise, set the meridiem based on the time
                        if self.twelve_hr:
                            if hour_val >= 12:
                                self.meridiem_val = 'p.m.'
                            else:
                                self.meridiem_val = 'a.m.'
                        else:
                            self.meridiem_val = None
                    

        # If we're doing a 12-hr clock, there will be a meridiem value, so make sure the
        # hours get printed correctly
        if self.twelve_hr and self.meridiem_val:
            if self.meridiem_val.lower().startswith('p') and hour_val > 12 and hour_val < 24:
                hour_val = hour_val % 12
        elif self.twelve_hr and hour_val == 0:
            hour_val = 12
            
        output = []
        if 'id' in self.attrs:
            id_ = self.attrs['id']
        else:
            id_ = 'id_%s' % name

        # For times to get displayed correctly, the values MUST be converted to unicode
        # When Select builds a list of options, it checks against Unicode values
        hour_val = u"%.2d" % hour_val
        minute_val = u"%.2d" % minute_val
        second_val = u"%.2d" % second_val

        hour_choices = [("%.2d"%i, "%.2d"%i) for i in self.hours]
        local_attrs = self.build_attrs(id=self.hour_field % id_)
        select_html = Select(choices=hour_choices).render(self.hour_field % name, hour_val, local_attrs)
        output.append(select_html)

        minute_choices = [("%.2d"%i, "%.2d"%i) for i in self.minutes]
        local_attrs['id'] = self.minute_field % id_
        select_html = Select(choices=minute_choices).render(self.minute_field % name, minute_val, local_attrs)
        output.append(select_html)

        if self.use_seconds:
            second_choices = [("%.2d"%i, "%.2d"%i) for i in self.seconds]
            local_attrs['id'] = self.second_field % id_
            select_html = Select(choices=second_choices).render(self.second_field % name, second_val, local_attrs)
            output.append(select_html)
    
        if self.twelve_hr:
            #  If we were given an initial value, make sure the correct meridiem gets selected.
            if self.meridiem_val is not None and  self.meridiem_val.startswith('p'):
                meridiem_choices = [('p.m.','p.m.'), ('a.m.','a.m.')]
            else:
                meridiem_choices = [('a.m.','a.m.'), ('p.m.','p.m.')]

            local_attrs['id'] = local_attrs['id'] = self.meridiem_field % id_
            select_html = Select(choices=meridiem_choices).render(self.meridiem_field % name, self.meridiem_val, local_attrs)
            output.append(select_html)

        return mark_safe(u'\n'.join(output))

    def id_for_label(self, id_):
        return '%s_hour' % id_
    id_for_label = classmethod(id_for_label)

    def value_from_datadict(self, data, files, name):
        # if there's not h:m:s data, assume zero:
        h = data.get(self.hour_field % name, 0) # hour
        m = data.get(self.minute_field % name, '00') # minute
        s = data.get(self.second_field % name, '00') # second

        meridiem = data.get(self.meridiem_field % name, None)

        #NOTE: if meridiem is None, assume 24-hr
        if meridiem is not None:
            if meridiem.lower().startswith('p') and int(h) != 12:
                h = (int(h)+12)%24 
            elif meridiem.lower().startswith('a') and int(h) == 12:
                h = 0

        if (int(h) == 0 or h) and m and s:
            return '%s:%s:%s' % (h, m, s)

        return data.get(name, None)

class SplitSelectDateTimeWidget(MultiWidget):
    """
    MultiWidget = A widget that is composed of multiple widgets.

    This class combines SelectTimeWidget and SelectDateWidget so we have something 
    like SpliteDateTimeWidget (in django.forms.widgets), but with Select elements.
    """
    def __init__(self, attrs=None, hour_step=1, minute_step=1, second_step=1, 
                 min_hour=0, max_hour=23, twelve_hr=False, use_seconds=False,
                 years=None):
        """ pass all these parameters to their respective widget constructors..."""
        widgets = (SelectDateWidget(attrs=attrs, years=years), 
                   SelectTimeWidget(attrs=attrs, hour_step=hour_step, minute_step=minute_step, second_step=second_step, 
                                    min_hour=min_hour, max_hour=max_hour, twelve_hr=twelve_hr))
        super(SplitSelectDateTimeWidget, self).__init__(widgets, attrs)

    def decompress(self, value):
        if value:
            return [value.date(), value.time().replace(microsecond=0)]
        return [None, None]

    def format_output(self, rendered_widgets):
        """
        Given a list of rendered widgets (as strings), it inserts an HTML
        linebreak between them.
        
        Returns a Unicode string representing the HTML for the whole lot.
        """
        rendered_widgets.insert(-1, '<br/>')
        return u''.join(rendered_widgets)