from django.conf import settings from django.db import connections from django.dispatch import Signal template_rendered = Signal(providing_args=["template", "context"]) setting_changed = Signal(providing_args=["setting", "value"]) def update_connections_time_zone(**kwargs): if kwargs['setting'] == 'USE_TZ' and settings.TIME_ZONE != 'UTC': USE_TZ, TIME_ZONE = kwargs['value'], settings.TIME_ZONE elif kwargs['setting'] == 'TIME_ZONE' and not settings.USE_TZ: USE_TZ, TIME_ZONE = settings.USE_TZ, kwargs['value'] else: # no need to change the database connnections' time zones return tz = 'UTC' if USE_TZ else TIME_ZONE for conn in connections.all(): tz_sql = conn.ops.set_time_zone_sql() if tz_sql: conn.cursor().execute(tz_sql, [tz]) setting_changed.connect(update_connections_time_zone)