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You build an app. It works locally. You go global. Now your dates are wrong.
A user in Tokyo sees UTC. They miss a meeting. This hurts your user experience.
Wrong time zones cause these problems:
- Users get confused.
- Data becomes ambiguous.
- Booking systems fail.
Fix this in Django with these steps:
- Detect: Use JavaScript to find the browser timezone.
- Store: Save the timezone in the Django session.
- Automate: Use middleware to activate the timezone for every request.
Follow these best practices:
- Store all data in UTC.
- Use timezone-aware fields in your models.
- Save preferences in user profiles for logged-in users.
- Cache timezone objects to save time.
Avoid GeoIP for precision. It is 60 to 70 percent accurate.