Django Custom Language and Time Zone
Simple customization for language and timezone in django admin. By default django language is English and UTC Timezone. We can change to another language and timezone. Here’s the example, Language Bahasa Indonesia, timezone: GMT+7 (Jakarta’s Time). Official docs for Django internationalization and localization here. Focus in timezone, django use pytz library, and we can see official pytz doc here.
Step 1: Preparation, Create Django Project, Initial Migration
create virtualenv: virtualenv venv
start virtualenv: venv/Scripts/activate
install Django in virtualenv: pip install django==3.0
Create Django: django-admin startproject myproject
Go to myproject folder: cd myproject
Initial Migration: python manage.py migrate
Step 2: Create Superuser
Create superuser: python manage.py createsuperuser
Type username, email password and retype password
Step 3: Set Language and Time Zone in myproject/setting.py
Update LANGUAGE_CODE and TIME_ZONE setting.py
...LANGUAGE_CODE='id'TIME_ZONE = 'Asia/Jakarta'...
Note: list of language_code here. Time zone here.
Step 4: Run Server and Testing
Run Server: python manage.py runserver
Access: http://127.0.0.1:8000
