# django.template.exceptions.TemplateSyntaxError: 'date' filter requires a format string

- **ID:** `python/django-template-filter-argument-error`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** config_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

Using the date filter without providing a format argument.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.x | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (95% success)
   ```
   Use {{ value|date:"Y-m-d" }} with a format string.
   ```
2. **** (90% success)
   ```
   Use built-in default format: {{ value|date:"SHORT_DATE_FORMAT" }}
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — Loses date formatting functionality. (80% fail)
- **** — Does not format dates as expected. (70% fail)