Django datetime field - convert to timezone in view

There's no need to use django.utils to convert between timezones :

berlin = pytz.timezone('Europe/Berlin')
local_dt = item.created_at.astimezone(berlin)

Yet if you usually work with just one timezone it is convenient to store it in settings.TIME_ZONE = 'Europe/Berlin' and then

local_dt = timezone.localtime(item.created_at)

will convert it to your localtime.

start with this:

from django.utils import timezone

local_dt = timezone.localtime(item.created_at, pytz.timezone('Europe/Berlin'))

To convert to UTC+1:

from django.utils import timezone

local_dt = timezone.localtime(item.created_at, timezone.get_fixed_timezone(60))

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