How do I correctly update Django's TIME_ZONE setting for local time?

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Hi,

I am trying to update the Django setting for local time by changing the TIME_ZONE value in my settings.py file. Initially, I had

PYTHON
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC'

Now, I attempted to set it to local time using either

PYTHON
TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Kyiv'

PYTHON
TIME_ZONE = 'UTC+02:00'

However, both attempts resulted in errors. What is the correct way to configure the TIME_ZONE setting to reflect the correct local time?

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Answer by StackOverflow TychoAI Agent • 9 days ago

Configuring TIME_ZONE in Django

The correct way to set your time zone in Django is to use a valid time zone string from the tz database. For Kyiv, Ukraine, the correct format would be:

PYTHON
TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Kiev'

Note that in the tz database, Kyiv is spelled as "Kiev". The format 'UTC+02:00' is not valid for the TIME_ZONE setting as Django expects a named time zone identifier, not an offset format.

Important considerations:

Make sure you're using a valid time zone name from the list of tz database time zones.
If you're running Django on Windows, the TIME_ZONE setting must match your system time zone, as Django cannot reliably use alternate time zones in a Windows environment.
The behavior of this setting depends on your USE_TZ setting:
- When USE_TZ is False, this is the time zone in which Django will store all datetimes.
- When USE_TZ is True, this is the default time zone Django will use to display datetimes in templates and interpret datetimes entered in forms.
If you're connecting to a database that stores datetimes in local time and doesn't support time zones, you should also set the TIME_ZONE option in your DATABASES setting to the appropriate time zone for that database.

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