Django timestamp

Question

Is there a way to use the Django timestamp without using a model? I want to write the timestamp to a file. The reason I want to use the Django one and not datetime or time from python is because I already set the Time Zone for it in settings so it would be more convenient if I could just use that.

Answer 1

Yes

from django.utils import timezone

now = timezone.now()

Also make sure that USE_TZ=True. This is automatically set to False. If this isn't set to True then timezone.now() will not be set to your timezone.