1. you don't need to st the TIME_ZONE setting, leave at default 2. honestly I don't know how setting the timezone in postgres influences the data, but I believe it doesn't need to be in sync with django settings. 3. yes, this is a good recommendation
success Avraham On Thu, Jan 7, 2016 at 5:36 AM, Ryan Causey <rccau...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello, > > I'm new to Python and Django so please bear with me on this one. > > I've been reading the Django docs, googling, and searching this mailing > list on the proper configuration and usage of Django when USE_TZ = True. > However, I'm still a bit fuzzy on things and would like clarification on > the following: > > > 1. The documentation says that when USE_TZ = True that "Django stores > datetime information in UTC in the database, uses time-zone-aware datetime > objects internally, and translates them to the end user’s time zone in > templates and forms." Does this mean that the TIME_ZONE setting in > settings.py should be UTC? Or should it be the timezone in which the > database server is located? > 2. I am using a postgresql database, and the installation defaulted > the database's timezone to my local one. In support of Django storing all > datetime information in UTC in the database, does the database's timezone > needs to be set to UTC? Or is it correct for the database's timezone to be > the local one? > 3. The documentation also says that one should use the UTC timezone in > the code, and only convert to local time when dealing with end users. I > take this to mean that in any code I write I should set tzinfo = UTC for > all datetime objects I create programmatically and let Django translate > them in forms and views to the end user's timezone automatically. Is this > correct? > > Thank you in advance for the help, > > -Ryan Causey > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Django users" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/b37291e8-3d99-49a4-8e9a-13a6639ef29b%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/b37291e8-3d99-49a4-8e9a-13a6639ef29b%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Django users" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to django-users+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to django-users@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/django-users. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFWa6tKGe87kY4rRc33Rjtd1TdXvnh7-zeBaEsj0-T1ss7AaRA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
