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In this Django Tutorial<\/a>, you will learn about Python Django Set Timezone<\/strong> where you understand the concept of timezone.<\/p>\n

Also you will understand the importance of timezone in the Django applications. Additonally you learn how to set timezone in your Django project. <\/p>\n

Finally you understand how to set timezone for a specific region.<\/p>\n

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Python Django Set Timezone<\/h2>\n

A time zone is just a region of the globe where everyone is on the same clock. However, due to something called daylight savings time, a given time zone may not follow the same time throughout the year.<\/p>\n

Because of these issues, the globe agreed to adopt a universal time standard that remains constant regardless of where you are or what time of year it is. The coordinated universal time, or UTC<\/strong>, is the name for this.<\/p>\n

For example, I live in India<\/strong>, which is 5 hours and 30 minutes ahead of UTC, so the time was 10:32:10 PM UTC+5:30<\/strong> at this time. 10:32:10 PM GMT+5:30<\/strong> is another way to write it. There is no difference between GMT and UTC in terms of time; nonetheless, GMT is a time zone, and UTC is a time measurement standard.<\/p>\n

Why Timezone is Importand?<\/h3>\n

When you properly handle the time zones it make sure that the user see date and time data according to their location or whereever they live.<\/p>\n

The time zons are very important in the appliacatin or project where timely operation are performed such as airline ticket booking system, an e-commerce application such as amazone for time limited offers.<\/p>\n

Also, check: How to Get Current time in Django<\/a><\/p>\n

Python Django Set Timezone Settings<\/h3>\n

For saving information in the database, Django recommends using UTC. Even if your website is only accessible in a one-time zone, storing data in UTC in your database is still a good strategy. Daylight Saving Time is the primary reason for this. <\/p>\n

DST<\/strong> is a time-keeping system in which clocks are pushed forward in the spring and backward in the autumn in many nations. If you work in local time, you’re likely to run into problems twice a year when the clocks change.<\/p>\n

When you build Django project, it automatically created a a file called setting.py in your project directory.<\/p>\n

Let’s build Django project and see how to change the timezones.<\/p>\n

First open your command prompt and create a virtual environment named ‘env’.<\/p>\n

python -m venv env<\/code><\/pre>\n
Activate the environment.<\/p>\n
env\\Scripts\\activate<\/code><\/pre>\n
Install the latest version of Django.<\/p>\n
pip install django<\/code><\/pre>\n
Create a Django project named ‘django_timezones’.<\/p>\n
django-admin startproject django_timezones<\/code><\/pre>\n
Change the directory to the Django project.<\/p>\n
cd django_timezones<\/code><\/pre>\n
Create a Django app named ‘timezone_app’<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
python manage.py startapp timezone_app<\/code><\/pre>\n
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Add the created app in the INSTALLED_APPS<\/strong> section of setting.py file of your Django project  ‘django_timzeons’<\/strong> as shown below.<\/p>\n
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Open the urls.py<\/strong> file of your Django project and add the following lines of code.<\/p>\n
from django.contrib import admin\nfrom django.urls import path,include\n\nurlpatterns = [\n    path('admin\/', admin.site.urls),\n    path('',include('timezone_app.urls'))\n]<\/code><\/pre>\n
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Now open your project in visual studio code.<\/p>\n
After that open the Django project named ‘django_timezones’<\/strong> and there is file called setting.py<\/strong>.<\/p>\n
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You only need to configure a few things in your Django application’s settings.py<\/strong> to set the timezone.<\/p>\n
TIME_ZONE = '<Time zone of your choice>'\nUSE_TZ = True<\/code><\/pre>\n
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By default, the Time zone is UTC<\/strong>, and USE_TZ<\/strong> is set to True<\/strong>, which ensures that using a datetime.now()<\/strong> function in your Django application creates time in UTC.<\/p>\n
The UTC stands for Coordinated Universal Time and on the basis of this time standard world controls the clocks and times.<\/p>\n
Read: How to Create model in Django<\/a><\/p>\n
Python Django Set Timezone UTC<\/h3>\n
Now, in this section, we will discuss how to set the timezone to UTC. For the demonstration of this topic, we are using the Delivery<\/strong> model in Django. And the model contains the following data.<\/p>\n
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Delivery Model<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n
Django’s timezone is set to UTC by default. If your timezone is not UTC, you can change it using the procedure below:<\/p>\n