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authorJon Ribbens <jribbens@gmail.com>2017-09-22 18:13:34 +0100
committerTim Graham <timograham@gmail.com>2017-09-28 09:42:08 -0400
commit44f08422c872e32854216b2b30aab119ec3bb5d8 (patch)
treef528286f4b2cc7d963884644135c17ada7e67488 /docs
parent4508fafe16e37960769bbe170fd9729910d7d2ce (diff)
Fixed #28625 -- Distinguished DATABASES['TIME_ZONE'] from settings.TIME_ZONE.
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-rw-r--r--docs/ref/settings.txt5
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diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt
index 18540e845b..e664be0189 100644
--- a/docs/ref/settings.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt
@@ -615,8 +615,9 @@ default port. Not used with SQLite.
Default: ``None``
A string representing the time zone for datetimes stored in this database
-(assuming that it doesn't support time zones) or ``None``. The same values are
-accepted as in the general :setting:`TIME_ZONE` setting.
+(assuming that it doesn't support time zones) or ``None``. This inner option of
+the :setting:`DATABASES` setting accepts the same values as the general
+:setting:`TIME_ZONE` setting.
This allows interacting with third-party databases that store datetimes in
local time rather than UTC. To avoid issues around DST changes, you shouldn't