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How to display all datetime objects in a different timezone in Django

I am relatively new to Django.

All of my datetime objects are in UTC and my settings.py file has TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

When these datetime objects show up in my html template using {{ obj.datetime }}, they are dislayed in UTC, I want to display them in UTC-05:00.

How can I change this?

Note: I am using class-based views

Solution

  • You can change timezone global in your settings.py set:

    TIME_ZONE = 'America/Panama'

    for UTC-05:00

    Or you can use filter timezone in template - see Django documentation

    {% load tz %}

{{ obj.datetime|timezone:"America/Atikokan" }}

{% timezone "America/Panama" %}
    Panama time: {{ value }}
{% endtimezone %}

    How can you see all available time zones?

    pytz provides helpers, including a list of current time zones and a list of all available time zones – some of which are only of historical interest.

    List of timezones from wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tz_database_time_zones