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diff --git a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt index 9510025e5c..4b33c9cdb0 100644 --- a/docs/ref/models/fields.txt +++ b/docs/ref/models/fields.txt @@ -501,6 +501,15 @@ message key. ``True`` will cause the field to have ``editable=False`` and ``blank=True`` set. +.. note:: + The ``auto_now`` and ``auto_now_add`` options will always use the date in + the :ref:`default timezone <default-current-time-zone>` at the moment of + creation or update. If you need something different, you may want to + consider simply using your own callable default or overriding ``save()`` + instead of using ``auto_now`` or ``auto_now_add``; or using a + ``DateTimeField`` instead of a ``DateField`` and deciding how to handle the + conversion from datetime to date at display time. + ``DateTimeField`` ----------------- |