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devcoder.027
devcoder.027

Reputation: 11

datetime.now() returns utc-5:00 value when running from django application but returns correct system datetime when running from terminal in python

I need to set a value to the system datetime in my code. In settings.py in the django application, I have commented TIME_ZONE and USE_TZ= True.

And in my file the code looks like:

import datetime

checkedin_dt = datetime.datetime.now()

logger.info(checkedin_dt) # -- gives me a value that is utc-5:00

However, when I run the same thing in the python terminal, it gives me the correct systemdatetime. I want my code to fetch the systemdatetime without setting any specific timezone in settings.py

Any idea why this isn't working in the code. The db is sqlite and the application is a django application.

Upvotes: 1

Views: 163

Answers (2)

Kevin Christopher Henry
Kevin Christopher Henry

Reputation: 48952

Django doesn't include a way to determine the system time zone, but you can use the tzlocal package for that.

I've never tried it myself, but I think you could get what you want by doing the following in your settings file:

from tzlocal import get_localzone
TIME_ZONE = get_localzone().zone

It could still fail if the name of the timezone can't be determined, since TIME_ZONE must be a string name.

Upvotes: 0

Michael Hawkins
Michael Hawkins

Reputation: 2873

Set USE_TZ = True and use timezone():

from django.utils import timezone

checkedin_dt = timezone.now()

Documentation: https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/3.0/topics/i18n/timezones/

Upvotes: 1

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