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authorClaude Paroz <claude@2xlibre.net>2012-03-29 15:09:52 +0000
committerClaude Paroz <claude@2xlibre.net>2012-03-29 15:09:52 +0000
commit277661c2af8e183e08916c9ca85581a2611d75a4 (patch)
treedd58c74a1608751c107a47a725323c1176a2bfec /docs
parent37c0e10e8c2a8630c372d15b36cc4f07b7a2830b (diff)
[1.4.X] Fixed #17733 -- Discouraged setting TIME_ZONE to None when USE_TZ is True. Thanks berdario for the report.
Backport of r17809 from trunk. git-svn-id: http://code.djangoproject.com/svn/django/branches/releases/1.4.X@17818 bcc190cf-cafb-0310-a4f2-bffc1f526a37
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@@ -2131,8 +2131,10 @@ environment variable under the following conditions:
:ref:`manually configuring settings
<settings-without-django-settings-module>`, or
-* If you specify ``TIME_ZONE = None``. This will cause Django to fall
- back to using the system time zone.
+* If you specify ``TIME_ZONE = None``. This will cause Django to fall back to
+ using the system timezone. However, this is discouraged when :setting:`USE_TZ
+ = True <USE_TZ>`, because it makes conversions between local time and UTC
+ less reliable.
If Django doesn't set the ``TZ`` environment variable, it's up to you
to ensure your processes are running in the correct environment.