# django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: USE_TZ is True but TIME_ZONE is not set

- **ID:** `python/django-timezone-aware-error`
- **Domain:** python
- **Category:** config_error
- **Verification:** ai_generated
- **Fix Rate:** 80%

## Root Cause

USE_TZ=True requires TIME_ZONE setting to be specified.

## Version Compatibility

| Version | Status | Introduced | Deprecated |
|---------|--------|------------|------------|
| 3.x | active | — | — |

## Workarounds

1. **** (95% success)
   ```
   Set TIME_ZONE = 'UTC' or your local timezone in settings.py.
   ```
2. **** (80% success)
   ```
   If you don't need timezone support, set USE_TZ = False.
   ```

## Dead Ends

- **** — Setting USE_TZ=False disables timezone support, which may cause datetime inconsistencies. (60% fail)
- **** — Setting TIME_ZONE='' doesn't satisfy Django; must be a valid timezone string. (80% fail)