Commit d8d83777 authored by Tim Graham's avatar Tim Graham
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Fixed #21629 -- Added instructions for loading MySQL time zone definitions. 

Thanks Aymeric for the suggestion.
parent 8779aa80

docs/ref/databases.txt

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.. _release branches: http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/connector/python/



.. _mysql-time-zone-definitions:



Time zone definitions

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If you plan on using Django's :doc:`timezone support </topics/i18n/timezones>`,

use `mysql_tzinfo_to_sql`_ to load time zone tables into the MySQL database.

This needs to be done just once for your MySQL server, not per database.



.. _mysql_tzinfo_to_sql: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/refman/5.5/en/mysql-tzinfo-to-sql.html



Creating your database

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docs/topics/i18n/timezones.txt

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       >>> local.date()

       datetime.date(2012, 3, 3)



4. **I get an error** "``Are time zone definitions for your database and pytz

   installed?``" **pytz is installed, so I guess the problem is my database?**



   If you are using MySQL, see the :ref:`mysql-time-zone-definitions` section

   of the MySQL notes for instructions on loading time zone definitions.



Usage

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