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Noted that TIME_ZONE must be the server time zone when time zone support is enabled and pytz isn't installed. 

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@ -2090,10 +2090,10 @@ Note that this isn't necessarily the timezone of the server. For example, one
server may serve multiple Django-powered sites, each with a separate time zone
setting.
When :setting:`USE_TZ` is ``False``, this is the time zone in which Django will
store all datetimes. When :setting:`USE_TZ` is ``True``, this is the default
time zone that Django will use to display datetimes in templates and to
interpret datetimes entered in forms.
When :setting:`USE_TZ` is ``False``, this is the time zone in which Django
will store all datetimes. When :setting:`USE_TZ` is ``True``, this is the
default time zone that Django will use to display datetimes in templates and
to interpret datetimes entered in forms.
Django sets the ``os.environ['TZ']`` variable to the time zone you specify in
the :setting:`TIME_ZONE` setting. Thus, all your views and models will
@ -2111,12 +2111,20 @@ If Django doesn't set the ``TZ`` environment variable, it's up to you
to ensure your processes are running in the correct environment.
.. note::
Django cannot reliably use alternate time zones in a Windows
environment. If you're running Django on Windows, this variable
must be set to match the system timezone.
When time zone support is enabled (:setting:`USE_TZ = True <USE_TZ>`),
Django needs a definition of the default time zone. Therefore, you must
either install pytz_ (which is recommended) or set :setting:`TIME_ZONE`
to the system time zone.
.. note::
Django cannot reliably use alternate time zones in a Windows environment.
If you're running Django on Windows, :setting:`TIME_ZONE` must be set to
match the system time zone.
.. _See available choices: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/8.1/static/datetime-keywords.html#DATETIME-TIMEZONE-SET-TABLE
.. _pytz: http://pytz.sourceforge.net/
.. setting:: URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT
URL_VALIDATOR_USER_AGENT