Would it not make sense to store times in UCT then in a user profile allow the user to choose their local timezone for display?
On Wednesday, August 16, 2023 at 3:15:39 AM UTC-7 Ruby wrote: > You seem to be reinventing the wheel, Django already has timezone support > when you set USE_TZ > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#std-setting-USE_TZ> to > True, > Note that your TIME_ZONE > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/settings/#std-setting-TIME_ZONE> > would > be the default timezone for your project. > > With everything set, you can now use .activate() > <https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/4.2/ref/utils/#django.utils.timezone.activate> > available > in `django.utils.timezone` to get the current time in your preferred > timezone. > > I hope this answers your question. > > Best regards > Reuben Sunday <https://reubensunday.com/> > > On Wed, Aug 16, 2023 at 3:35 AM Madhusudhan Reddy <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi All, >> >> I am trying to store the date with the timezone. >> for example, my servers are in Mumbai, when my servers are trying to get >> the time of America/Detroit. it is not able to get proper time >> >> Here is the snippet and details >> [image: Screenshot from 2023-08-16 08-00-21.png] >> def get_created_at(timezone): >> local_tz = pytz.timezone(timezone) >> print(datetime.utcnow()) >> created_at = local_tz.localize(datetime.utcnow()).astimezone(tz=pytz. >> timezone(timezone)) >> return created_at >> >> >> -- >> Best regards, >> Madhusudhan >> +91 90007 79457 <+91%2090007%2079457> >> Gmail | LinkedIn <https://www.linkedin.com/in/msreddygone/> >> >> >> -- >> 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 [email protected]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFwQctLvw9KinV8a%3DVTysi_NSNJfu3rodBoBPCY5Cih_ih-DGQ%40mail.gmail.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/CAFwQctLvw9KinV8a%3DVTysi_NSNJfu3rodBoBPCY5Cih_ih-DGQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> >> . >> > -- 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 [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/django-users/4f45f203-9934-4cf2-b95c-c802449f2de3n%40googlegroups.com.
