django 1.4 timezone.now() vs datetime.datetime.now()

Question

I\'m a bit confused by the daylight savings handling

settings.py:

TIME_ZONE = \'Europe/London\'
USE_TZ = True

in the django shell:<

Answer 1

from datetime import datetime
from django.utils import timezone

def now():
    try:
        return timezone.localtime(timezone.now()).strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')

    except Exception as exp:
        print('TimeZone is not set - {}'.format(exp))
        return datetime.now().strftime('%Y-%m-%dT%H:%M:%S')

If you set TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/London' and USE_TZ = True in Django setting, you will place in the try section and else, in the except section.

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[NOTE]:

• .strftime() is an option