It sounds similar to what I observed (http://code.djangoproject.com/ticket/937). Django uses os.environ['TZ'] to set a time zone. It is described in details here: http://python.org/doc/2.3.5/lib/module-time.html (see tzset()). The problem is it is defined for Unix only. It appears that on Windows it is used by some time-related functions, which fail to recognize a time zone without OS support reverting to GMT.
The easiest way to handle it is to rely on native Windows time zone: do not set any time zone at all (django\conf\settings.py, line 64). I didn't try it but it should work. In any case please file a ticket to track the problem. Thanks, Eugene "Michael Hipp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm playing with the following in my template: > > {% now "O Y-M-d H:i" %} > > This renders: '+0000 2005-Dec-31 06:03' which appears to be UTC (6 hours > later than here in central time in the US). > > This is on WinXP Pro and (according to Control Panel) my time zone appears > to be set correctly. In settings.py I have TIME_ZONE = 'America/Chicago' > which should be correct. > > Is this expected behavior? > > Thanks, > Michael >
