[1.10.x] Fixed #26754 -- Documented django.template.context_processors.tz

Backport of 7003174fec188bd5a21e3d62bd5e13e80f6f329c from master

2 files changed, 11 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
index 1bfb1f87a5..b4162a7dfc 100644
--- a/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
+++ b/docs/ref/templates/api.txt
@@ -746,6 +746,14 @@ tag for protection against :doc:`Cross Site Request Forgeries
 If this processor is enabled, every ``RequestContext`` will contain a variable
 ``request``, which is the current :class:`~django.http.HttpRequest`.
 
+``django.template.context_processors.tz``
+~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
+
+.. function:: tz
+
+If this processor is enabled, every ``RequestContext`` will contain a variable
+``TIME_ZONE``, providing the name of the currently active time zone.
+
 ``django.contrib.messages.context_processors.messages``
 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
 
diff --git a/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt b/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt
index 7beffdea72..e9abc22f59 100644
--- a/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt
+++ b/docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt
@@ -315,9 +315,9 @@ You can get the name of the current time zone using the
 
     {% get_current_timezone as TIME_ZONE %}
 
-If you enable the ``django.template.context_processors.tz`` context processor,
-each :class:`~django.template.RequestContext` will contain a ``TIME_ZONE``
-variable with the value of ``get_current_timezone()``.
+Alternatively, you can activate the
+:func:`~django.template.context_processors.tz` context processor and
+use the ``TIME_ZONE`` context variable.
 
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