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django.core.exceptions.ImproperlyConfigured: TIME_ZONE setting must be set to a valid timezone string.

ID: python/django-timezone-issue

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80%Fix Rate
84%Confidence
0Evidence
2024-03-22First Seen

Version Compatibility

VersionStatusIntroducedDeprecatedNotes
3.x active — — —

Root Cause

TIME_ZONE in settings is empty or invalid.

generic

中文

设置中的TIME_ZONE为空或无效。

Workarounds

  1. 95% success 
    Set TIME_ZONE = 'Asia/Shanghai' or other valid IANA string.

Dead Ends

Common approaches that don't work:

  1. 80% fail

    Django expects IANA timezone names, not offsets.

  2. 50% fail

    Defaults to 'America/Chicago' which may be wrong.