# settings.py
TIME_ZONE = 'Asia/Shanghai'
timezone.localtime(timezone.now())
(.env) $ python manage.py shell
Python 2.7.13 (default, Jan 19 2017, 14:48:08)
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In [1]: from django.utils import timezone
In [2]: from datetime import datetime
In [3]: timezone.now()
Out[3]: datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 12, 9, 42, 35, 328935, tzinfo=<UTC>)
In [4]: datetime.now()
Out[4]: datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 12, 17, 42, 39, 576338)
In [5]: timezone.localtime(timezone.now())
Out[5]: datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 12, 17, 42, 40, 865800, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Asia/Shanghai' CST+8:00:00 STD>)
In [6]: import django
In [7]: django.VERSION
Out[7]: (1, 10, 4, u'final', 0)
timezone.make_aware(datetime.now(), timezone.get_current_timezone())
In [19]: timezone.now()
Out[19]: datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 12, 10, 14, 29, 795657, tzinfo=<UTC>)
In [20]: timezone.make_aware(datetime.now(), timezone.get_current_timezone())
Out[20]: datetime.datetime(2017, 12, 12, 18, 14, 31, 612764, tzinfo=<DstTzInfo 'Asia/Shanghai' CST+8:00:00 STD>)