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@@ -505,6 +505,15 @@ Any combination of these options will result in an error.
``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``
-----------------