#20069 closed Bug (invalid)
Default value of USE_TZ is unclear/contradictory
| Reported by: | Eric Davis | Owned by: | nobody |
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| Component: | Documentation | Version: | 1.5 |
| Severity: | Normal | Keywords: | timezone |
| Cc: | Triage Stage: | Unreviewed | |
| Has patch: | no | Needs documentation: | no |
| Needs tests: | no | Patch needs improvement: | no |
| Easy pickings: | yes | UI/UX: | no |
Description
On https://docs.djangoproject.com/en/1.5/topics/i18n/timezones/, the docs say "Time zone support is disabled by default."
Yet below that is a note saying "The default settings.py file created by django-admin.py startproject includes USE_TZ = True for convenience."
Therefore, it seems like the first line should say "Time zone support is enabled by default" given the default settings.py sets USE_TZ = True.
Change History (2)
comment:1 by , 12 years ago
| Resolution: | → invalid |
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| Status: | new → closed |
comment:2 by , 12 years ago
Specifically, I'm marking as invalid the proposal to change the first line to "Time zone support is enabled by default", because that isn't true.
If you have a better wording for the entire paragraph, please suggest it!
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If you don't put anything in your settings file, time zone support is disabled. Therefore, it's disabled by default. This was required at the time the feature was introduced for backwards compatibility.
However, enabling it provides significantly saner. That's why the settings file created by startproject enables it. It's dubbed the default settings file because you could be using a custom project template.