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Added a note about the default timezone and the new project template. 

Thanks JonLoy for the draft patch.
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@ -1707,6 +1707,12 @@ Default: ``'America/Chicago'``
A string representing the time zone for this installation, or ``None``. See A string representing the time zone for this installation, or ``None``. See
the `list of time zones`_. the `list of time zones`_.
.. note::
Since Django was first released with the :setting:`TIME_ZONE` set to
``'America/Chicago'``, the global setting (used if nothing is defined in
your project's ``settings.py``) remains ``'America/Chicago'`` for backwards
compatibility. New project templates default to ``'UTC'``.
Note that this isn't necessarily the time zone of the server. For example, one Note that this isn't necessarily the time zone of the server. For example, one
server may serve multiple Django-powered sites, each with a separate time zone server may serve multiple Django-powered sites, each with a separate time zone
setting. setting.