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diff --git a/docs/ref/settings.txt b/docs/ref/settings.txt index 9a615b2d99..25818184f6 100644 --- a/docs/ref/settings.txt +++ b/docs/ref/settings.txt @@ -1707,6 +1707,12 @@ Default: ``'America/Chicago'`` A string representing the time zone for this installation, or ``None``. See the `list of time zones`_. +.. note:: + Since Django was first released with the :setting:`TIME_ZONE` set to + ``'America/Chicago'``, the global setting (used if nothing is defined in + your project's ``settings.py``) remains ``'America/Chicago'`` for backwards + compatibility. New project templates default to ``'UTC'``. + Note that this isn't necessarily the time zone of the server. For example, one server may serve multiple Django-powered sites, each with a separate time zone setting. |