timezone vs datetime in django

Asked Sep 26 '16 at 16:27

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What is the difference between timezone and datetime?
timezone.now() returns 2016-09-26 16:20:27.211358+00:00
datetime.now() returns 2016-09-26 21:50:27.211261

Right now time in laptop clock is 21:50:27 ( 9 PM IST)

In my django settings file I have following settings.

USE_TZ = True
TIME_ZONE = 'Asia/Calcutta'

Which one should I use to store time-stamp values in my database?
What if tomorrow someone in USA is using the code I am writing?
What should be the correct timezone settings in django settings file?

asked Sep 26 '16 at 16:27

Anurag Rana

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timezone.now() is more exact then datetime.now() – thesonyman101 Sep 26 '16 at 16:29
but i defined timezone as culcutta , and timezone.now() is showing 4 hours less than current time. – Anurag Rana Sep 26 '16 at 16:33
Wierd check your computer time, also check this out https://docs.python.org/3/library/datetime.html – thesonyman101 Sep 26 '16 at 16:34
Or that could mean that because of +00:00 at the end it is using that timezone so maybe your in a + 4 time zone – thesonyman101 Sep 26 '16 at 16:37

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