django 1.4 how to automatically get user's timezone from client

Question

I would like to know if there is a way to automatically retrieve user\'s timezone from client. Especially during login.

I tried to add this in the login page (using

Answer 1

There is a nice APP for django to activate timezone https://pypi.python.org/pypi/django-visitor-information-middleware/0.1.0. Which having two middleware

TimezoneMiddleware

The middleware activates a timezone for an authenticated user.

VisitorInformationMiddleware

This middleware adds the following keys to the request.visitor dictionary:

country - country the visitor is based in.

city - city the visitor is based in

location.timezone - timezone used in the location visitor is based in

location.unit_system - unit system used in the location visitor is based in

user.timezone - timezone of the currently authenticated user

user.unit_system - unit system of the currently authenticated user.

cookie_notice - True if a cookie consent notice should be displayed for the current visitor.

Note: Location of the user is determined based on the user's IP address.